totaly off topic but thats pretty awesome to be a game programmer and have the initials "RGB". maybe a lil nerdy but eh, i think its cool (: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Gomez-Bravo" <rgomezbravo@xxxxxxx> To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 6:14 PM Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Gamasutra Article Rough Draft (Long) - Test Transmission for Text Modification > > What tools do you use to get these numbers ? Word ? > > Yes. I am currently on Word 2002 (MSOFFICE XP PRO). To get readability > statistics you can select the Tools menu and the Options pop-up dialog. > In the Spelling & Grammar tab, the Grammar group (bottom of dialog) > check the 'Show readability statistics'. Then in the 'Setting...' > button pop-up, you can set the rules you want checked. Then whenever > you force a spelling and grammar check, you get a guided tour of > suggestions to your writing. At the end of the check you get the > readability statistics. After a while, the option become irritating > because you begin to know what it is going to say, but it helps to keep > it turned on. > > I have an old copy of WordPerfect. It was my processor of choice, but > industry kept asking for Word documents. WordPerfect use to do spelling > and grammar checking. I believe there are versions that run on Linux. > I have not used those. I don't often use my Linux machine. > > Also, there use to be (I don't know about now) stand-alone grammar > checkers. The last one I used many-many-years ago was Grammatik. It > was one of the first. I think, but I don't know, that it might have > been absorbed by Microsoft and stuck into MSOffice. > > Checking this document for spelling and grammar, (Word is also my email > editor) it says my last phrase 'might have been absorbed by Microsoft > and stuck into MSOffice' is in passive voice and suggests that I > consider revising. > > Rgb > > > > The response above, including the question contains > > 255 words > > 1181 characters > > 6 paragraphs > > 21 sentences > > 4.2 sentences per paragraph > > 12.0 words per sentence (approaching long) > > 4.4 characters per word > > 4% passive sentences > > 63.9 Flesch reading ease > > 7.3 Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (too high) > > > > > > --------------------- > To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > --------------------- To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html