Flesch Score - programmatically possible

[Mike Iacovou]

Hi all.

I know it is possible to get the Flesch readability ease score / grade by
checking the option in grammer & spelling, then running a spell check... the
value is displayed at the end.
Is it possible to force a 'silent' check and programmatically get this
result, or maybe run the check without it prompting user input for any found
problems... it would then run through to end stats...

ActiveDocument.ShowGrammaticalErrors = False
ActiveDocument.ShowSpellingErrors = False

makes no difference... can't seem to find much searching this group... maybe
i'm looking in the wrong place. any guidance greatly appreciated.

 

[Shauna Kelly]

Hi Mike

Try ActiveDocument.ReadabilityStatistics(9).Value

The VBA Help under ReadabilityStatistics has more information.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

 

[Mike Iacovou]

many thanks. didn't try the vba help... works nicely.

what is interesting is that the stats for 'passive sentences' fails in
vba... ie

ActiveDocument.Content.ReadabilityStatistics.Item(8).Value - i get '0' for
this. In the grammar & spelling, i get 13%. Any ideas how to get this one ??

Many thanks again

Mike