Ray Gomez-Bravo wrote: >> 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 > > > > Thanks ! --------------------- To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html