Determining Readability Using WordPerfect
WordPerfect documents can be analyzed for their readability by using WordPerfect’s Grammatik
tool. Readability refers to the skill level (i.e. U.S educational levels 1-16) required for the reader
to understand the text. For example, a score of 8.0 means that an eighth-grader can understand
the document.
Grammatik analyzes the readability of a document by comparing the text with a comparison
document. You can choose from one of three Grammatik comparison documents, or you can add
a custom comparison document if you have a document whose reading level you wish to match.
How to View the Readability of WordPerfect Text
Step:
Action:
1.
Click Tools, Grammatik.
2.
Click Options, Analysis, Readability.
3.
Choose a comparison document from the Comparison Document list box.
The following Readability statistics display:
To Get Additional Information About Text Readability
1.
Click Flagged at the bottom of the screen to see potential writing rules violations in your
document.
2.
Click Basic Counts to statistics on lengths of words, sentences, and paragraphs.
To Add a Custom Comparison Document
1. Open the document you want to use as a comparison document.
2. Click Tools, Grammatik.
3. Click Options, Analysis, Readability, Add Document.
Note: Grammatik lets you add only one custom comparison document at a time. If you
add a second document, it overwrites the first custom comparison document.
Source: WordPerfect Help Topic: Creating a Readability Report; Copyright (c) Corel Corporation.
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