Patient Education: The Creation of Patient Enablers • Heather Orsted

Assessing Readability

The Microsoft Word® word processing program has a tool for assessing readability. Refer to the menu bar at the top or bottom of the page:
1. Click on Tools, followed by Options, followed by Spelling & Grammar

2. Select the “show readability statistics” box.
3. Click on OK.
4. When you are finished with your document, click on Tools followed by Spelling and Grammar. Word will complete the spelling and grammar checks, and then present the readability statistics for your document.

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Last modified: October 11, 2006