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Readability Levels
We had a user call in asking if there was a setting in Word 2003 that would
automatically format a letter at a certain reading level, such as 9th grade. I have found the readabilty statistics that will show you AFTER the fact what reading level it is at, but I cannot find any sort of template or auto-format feature that will correct my grammar as I type. Does anybody know of such a feature? |
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There is no such feature.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JennyBean" wrote in message ... We had a user call in asking if there was a setting in Word 2003 that would automatically format a letter at a certain reading level, such as 9th grade. I have found the readabilty statistics that will show you AFTER the fact what reading level it is at, but I cannot find any sort of template or auto-format feature that will correct my grammar as I type. Does anybody know of such a feature? |
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True, there is no such feature, but I've set "Grammer & Spelling" to
"Formal". Then customized other grammatical options for certain documents. It sure would be a dream come true, if we could have that feature. : ) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: There is no such feature. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JennyBean" wrote in message ... We had a user call in asking if there was a setting in Word 2003 that would automatically format a letter at a certain reading level, such as 9th grade. I have found the readabilty statistics that will show you AFTER the fact what reading level it is at, but I cannot find any sort of template or auto-format feature that will correct my grammar as I type. Does anybody know of such a feature? |
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I can see it now! Tool - Options - Dumb it down
Repeat as necessary. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... There is no such feature. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JennyBean" wrote in message ... We had a user call in asking if there was a setting in Word 2003 that would automatically format a letter at a certain reading level, such as 9th grade. I have found the readabilty statistics that will show you AFTER the fact what reading level it is at, but I cannot find any sort of template or auto-format feature that will correct my grammar as I type. Does anybody know of such a feature? |
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Yeah, sort of like the Shrink to Fit button in Print Preview. g
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message ... I can see it now! Tool - Options - Dumb it down Repeat as necessary. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... There is no such feature. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JennyBean" wrote in message ... We had a user call in asking if there was a setting in Word 2003 that would automatically format a letter at a certain reading level, such as 9th grade. I have found the readabilty statistics that will show you AFTER the fact what reading level it is at, but I cannot find any sort of template or auto-format feature that will correct my grammar as I type. Does anybody know of such a feature? |
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JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] shared this with us in
microsoft.public.word.docmanagement: I can see it now! Tool - Options - Dumb it down Repeat as necessary. Before you can reliably dumb something down, you would have to understand it when it is still in the difficult form. Simple enough for a human (although...) but for a computer we would be venturing in the realms of artificial intelligence. The only computer I know capable of dumbing down, was HAL9000 (the ship computer in '2001 - A Space Odyssey'): "Dave. What are you doing, Dave? My mind is going. Daisy..." -- Amedee Van Gasse |
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It was a joke, Amedee.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Amedee Van Gasse" wrote in message ... JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.docmanagement: I can see it now! Tool - Options - Dumb it down Repeat as necessary. Before you can reliably dumb something down, you would have to understand it when it is still in the difficult form. Simple enough for a human (although...) but for a computer we would be venturing in the realms of artificial intelligence. The only computer I know capable of dumbing down, was HAL9000 (the ship computer in '2001 - A Space Odyssey'): "Dave. What are you doing, Dave? My mind is going. Daisy..." -- Amedee Van Gasse |
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Great movie! That was the last movie I went to see with my mom. I was
growing up - almost a teenager. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Amedee Van Gasse" wrote in message ... JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.docmanagement: I can see it now! Tool - Options - Dumb it down Repeat as necessary. Before you can reliably dumb something down, you would have to understand it when it is still in the difficult form. Simple enough for a human (although...) but for a computer we would be venturing in the realms of artificial intelligence. The only computer I know capable of dumbing down, was HAL9000 (the ship computer in '2001 - A Space Odyssey'): "Dave. What are you doing, Dave? My mind is going. Daisy..." -- Amedee Van Gasse |
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Suzanne S. Barnhill shared this with us in
microsoft.public.word.docmanagement: It was a joke, Amedee. As was the last sentence of my answer, Suzanne. JoAnn Paules spotted it. -- Amedee Van Gasse |
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It still seemed to me you were treating her suggestion seriously.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Amedee Van Gasse" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.docmanagement: It was a joke, Amedee. As was the last sentence of my answer, Suzanne. JoAnn Paules spotted it. -- Amedee Van Gasse |
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I rarely take anything online seriously. ;-)
If I'd have the time/talent/etc I would have posted a binary of a drop down menu for Tools - Dumb down. I knew Amadee was teasing and that's okay with me. I enjoyed the chuckle. And when I whoop Susan's butt in the Hula Hoop contest at Summit, Amadee will get the chuckle. You'd better start practicing now! -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It still seemed to me you were treating her suggestion seriously. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Amedee Van Gasse" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.docmanagement: It was a joke, Amedee. As was the last sentence of my answer, Suzanne. JoAnn Paules spotted it. -- Amedee Van Gasse |
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Hi Jenny,
The accuracy of the readability level feature in Word depends on not only content but on length of the text being checked (i.e. to get a reasonably reliable level of accuracy there needs to be a sizable sample of the writing style and structure). Short sentences and short words may be learned techniques to keep the 'readability score' at a lower level, but that's not always the most interesting reading  ========= "JennyBean" wrote in message ... We had a user call in asking if there was a setting in Word 2003 that would automatically format a letter at a certain reading level, such as 9th grade. I have found the readabilty statistics that will show you AFTER the fact what reading level it is at, but I cannot find any sort of template or auto-format feature that will correct my grammar as I type. Does anybody know of such a feature -- Let us know if this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" - http://microsoft.com/events/series/a...andtricks.mspx |
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Who is this "Susan," and what makes you think there is any competition
involved? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message ... I rarely take anything online seriously. ;-) If I'd have the time/talent/etc I would have posted a binary of a drop down menu for Tools - Dumb down. I knew Amadee was teasing and that's okay with me. I enjoyed the chuckle. And when I whoop Susan's butt in the Hula Hoop contest at Summit, Amadee will get the chuckle. You'd better start practicing now! -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It still seemed to me you were treating her suggestion seriously. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Amedee Van Gasse" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.docmanagement: It was a joke, Amedee. As was the last sentence of my answer, Suzanne. JoAnn Paules spotted it. -- Amedee Van Gasse |
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Crap! I meant Suzanne and is this a challenge? ;-)
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Who is this "Susan," and what makes you think there is any competition involved? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message ... I rarely take anything online seriously. ;-) If I'd have the time/talent/etc I would have posted a binary of a drop down menu for Tools - Dumb down. I knew Amadee was teasing and that's okay with me. I enjoyed the chuckle. And when I whoop Susan's butt in the Hula Hoop contest at Summit, Amadee will get the chuckle. You'd better start practicing now! -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It still seemed to me you were treating her suggestion seriously. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Amedee Van Gasse" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.docmanagement: It was a joke, Amedee. As was the last sentence of my answer, Suzanne. JoAnn Paules spotted it. -- Amedee Van Gasse |
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And I'm always so careful with all my JoAnns, too (I have friends and
relatives named Joan [pronounced JoAnn], JoAnne, Jo-Anne, Joanne, etc.). I haven't hulaed a hoop since I was a youngster, so I suspect any attempts at this point would just be embarrassing. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message ... Crap! I meant Suzanne and is this a challenge? ;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Who is this "Susan," and what makes you think there is any competition involved? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message ... I rarely take anything online seriously. ;-) If I'd have the time/talent/etc I would have posted a binary of a drop down menu for Tools - Dumb down. I knew Amadee was teasing and that's okay with me. I enjoyed the chuckle. And when I whoop Susan's butt in the Hula Hoop contest at Summit, Amadee will get the chuckle. You'd better start practicing now! -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It still seemed to me you were treating her suggestion seriously. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Amedee Van Gasse" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.docmanagement: It was a joke, Amedee. As was the last sentence of my answer, Suzanne. JoAnn Paules spotted it. -- Amedee Van Gasse |
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But after a glass or two of wine, who cares? At that point you could call me
Peggy and I'd respond. (Giggling my butt off, but I'd respond.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... And I'm always so careful with all my JoAnns, too (I have friends and relatives named Joan [pronounced JoAnn], JoAnne, Jo-Anne, Joanne, etc.). I haven't hulaed a hoop since I was a youngster, so I suspect any attempts at this point would just be embarrassing. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message ... Crap! I meant Suzanne and is this a challenge? ;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Who is this "Susan," and what makes you think there is any competition involved? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message ... I rarely take anything online seriously. ;-) If I'd have the time/talent/etc I would have posted a binary of a drop down menu for Tools - Dumb down. I knew Amadee was teasing and that's okay with me. I enjoyed the chuckle. And when I whoop Susan's butt in the Hula Hoop contest at Summit, Amadee will get the chuckle. You'd better start practicing now! -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It still seemed to me you were treating her suggestion seriously. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Amedee Van Gasse" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.docmanagement: It was a joke, Amedee. As was the last sentence of my answer, Suzanne. JoAnn Paules spotted it. -- Amedee Van Gasse |
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#17
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I rarely have more than one glass of wine and actually usually stick to beer
at the Summits. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message ... But after a glass or two of wine, who cares? At that point you could call me Peggy and I'd respond. (Giggling my butt off, but I'd respond.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... And I'm always so careful with all my JoAnns, too (I have friends and relatives named Joan [pronounced JoAnn], JoAnne, Jo-Anne, Joanne, etc.). I haven't hulaed a hoop since I was a youngster, so I suspect any attempts at this point would just be embarrassing. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message ... Crap! I meant Suzanne and is this a challenge? ;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Who is this "Susan," and what makes you think there is any competition involved? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message ... I rarely take anything online seriously. ;-) If I'd have the time/talent/etc I would have posted a binary of a drop down menu for Tools - Dumb down. I knew Amadee was teasing and that's okay with me. I enjoyed the chuckle. And when I whoop Susan's butt in the Hula Hoop contest at Summit, Amadee will get the chuckle. You'd better start practicing now! -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It still seemed to me you were treating her suggestion seriously. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Amedee Van Gasse" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.docmanagement: It was a joke, Amedee. As was the last sentence of my answer, Suzanne. JoAnn Paules spotted it. -- Amedee Van Gasse |
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