Audience Analysis - What is "Readability Index" in Technical Writing?

"Readability Index" is an important tool in technical writing to make sure that your writing is appropriate for your specific audience. Watch this video for a list of readability indexes and online tools to test the readability of your text. For free writing tips visit www.technicalco...
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[@zt7489]

Hi Ugur, thanks for the video. I have a couple of questions for you. Using MS Word versions, the older ones let me highlight a paragraph or section and test it. The Office 365 version apparently makes you correct a whole document (which may run to hundreds of pages) before you can obtain a readability index score. Is there any way around this? Also, what are your thoughts on the 'Grammarly' service? Thirdly, I've found readability indexes can be at fault with spell checkers in software. I've done tests as the first point of call where the index showed no issues. When I've read the text personally, I've found passages difficult to understand.

[@TechWrite]

ZT, thanks for the feedback. 1) You are correct -- Word 365 unfortunately runs readability index check for the whole document no matter what your selection is. I don't believe there is a way around that. 2) I do not use Grammarly since it intrudes on my writing style and freedom. I'm pretty comfortable with my grammar and spelling skills. So I don't use it. 3) Thanks for the heads up. Sounds interesting and worth testing. I'll look into that myself as well. Best regards, Ugur