What Grade Are You In?

You've probably heard before that writing for the web should be at an 8th grade level (10th grade tops). That's not because our audience isn't smart, but reading on a computer screen is fundamentally different from reading in print. So how do you gauge the grade level of your writing? There is a nifty tool built into MS Word that can help.

Here is how to activate it (Please keep in mind, MSWord 2007 might have a slightly different way to activate it):

Go to Tools menu >
Select Options in the drop down >
Click on Spelling & Grammar tab >
Check off Show Readability Statistics

Next time you run spellcheck, you will see readability statistics!