How to Configure Grammar and Style Settings In Word 2013

You might be aware of the spell check feature in Microsoft word, but you might not be aware that Word can also check the grammar of the text in your documents. The grammar-proofing tool in Word 2013 is capable of performing a thorough analysis of the line/lines of texts of a document rather than a single word. This will help you to correct common grammatical mistake in word document.

By default, Microsoft Word 2013 basic Grammar checking is enabled. If required, you can turn on additional styles as well and configure other options.

1. Open Microsoft word, click on File and select Options.

2. From the options displayed in the left pane, select Proofing and scroll down to the Grammar section.

3. Click the drop-down arrow under Writing Style: and select Grammar & Style.

4. Now, if you would like to calibrate other additional Grammar and Style checks, just click the Settings box. Tons of options are available there, some of which may suit your requirements.

Enable Readability Grammar Check

Readability Statistics Feature in Word 2013 is one great feature that helps you assess your work by giving you a readability score out of 100. Hence, very useful. The Word 2013 readability check is disable by default. To enable it, just check the show readability statistics box under the Proofing area.

The easiest way to bring up the readability statistics is to press F7 to run the spell checker on the open document, or by clicking on the Review tab and then on the Spelling and Grammar button.

With the Show readability statistics now enabled, all the document stats will display including Passive Sentences %, Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level.

That’s it. I hope you like it.