[Raph]

ive heard that word has a grading system for documents you create that will
let you know how well you have written your paper, does anyone know how to
access this feature ? thanks

[JoAnn Paules]

snicker Who told you that?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Raph" wrote in message
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ive heard that word has a grading system for documents you create that
will
let you know how well you have written your paper, does anyone know how to
access this feature ? thanks

[Jay Freedman]

On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 10:56:01 -0700, Raph wrote:

ive heard that word has a grading system for documents you create that will
let you know how well you have written your paper, does anyone know how to
access this feature ? thanks

It isn't that ambitious; I don't think any program can tell you "how well"
you've written a paper. Word can apply two mathematical formulas called the
Flesch Reading Ease score and the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score. These depend
strictly on measures like sentence length and number of syllables per word to
try to estimate how easy-to-read the text may be. You could write complete
gibberish and these scores would still give you a (meaningless) estimate.

If you want to see these scores for your document, go to Tools Options
Spelling & Grammar (in Word 2003 and earlier) or Office button Word Options
Proofing (in Word 2007) and check the box for "Show readability statistics".
Back in the document, press F7 to run a spelling check; when it finishes, it
will show a dialog that includes the two scales along with other statistics
about the document.

If you want to know more about how the scores are calculated and what they mean,
read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch-...adability_Test.

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Jay Freedman
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Jay has told you what Word can really do: "grade" your paper by determining
the "reading level," which is expressed as a grade in school (such as "9th
grade"). If you actually did read that Word could "grade" your paper on a
scale of A to F, then did you read it on April 1?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Raph" wrote in message
...
ive heard that word has a grading system for documents you create that
will
let you know how well you have written your paper, does anyone know how to
access this feature ? thanks