WORD, OUTLOOK
Find out how readable your emails and documents are
Word and Outlook can assess how easy to read your documents and emails will be to others. It does this through three criteria that calculate the average number of syllables per word, words per sentence and sentences per paragraph in your documents and emails. To use this, you first need to change a number of default settings.
In Word, click File at the top left, Options at the bottom, then Proofing on the left. Next, find the ‘When correcting spelling and grammar in Word’ section. Here, tick ‘Check grammar with spelling’ and ‘Show readability statistics’, then click OK.
In Outlook, start writing a new email, click File, Options, then click ‘Spelling and Autocorrect’ button on the right. Tick the…
