Using Microsoft Word's Readability Program

Stockmeyer, Norman Otto

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Using Microsoft Word's Readability Program

Norman Otto Stockmeyer

Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 88, p. 46, January 2009

Abstract:
Word's readability software program makes document readability testing easy. But some of its scores are not completely trustworthy. This article explains what the scores mean and how to work around the program's flaws.

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Keywords: Legal writing, readability, plain English

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Date posted: August 7, 2008 ; Last revised: May 8, 2013

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Stockmeyer, Norman Otto, Using Microsoft Word's Readability Program. Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 88, p. 46, January 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1210962

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