Making Word documents more readable

Worried about documents having too much jargon? Want to make sure everyone can read the documents you create?

Microsoft Word has the ability to scan your document and score it based on reading level. It will give you two scores:

Percentage of overall readability out of 100%
Score based on the school year reading level of the text. (i.e. this document is at a 7^th grade reading level)

You can score an entire document or just a sentence.

Comments

Creating your new branded e-mail signature!

As part of our branding efforts, the Center wants all staff to use the same format for signing e-mails – also called an “e-mail signature.” To make sure these e-mail signatures are consistent, we have created a Signature template webpage . Use this page to create your own e-mail signature, complete with your operating program logo. which you can then easily copy and paste into any e-mail program so it automatically appears at the end of your emails. Do not use these logos for any other purposes. E-mail smeah@nycourts.gov to get high-quality logos. Here are detailed video instructions, as well as overview instructions, to use the template for Desktop Outlook, web Outlook, and Gmail (which includes the courtinnovation.org account). See the bottom of this post for mail app instructions on your phone. You can also print out these instructions (Ctrl+P). Questions or issues? E-mail CCI Tech Support for extra help! Desktop Outlook Clicking Fi...

How to add a drop down to a cell in Google sheets

Creating a shared spreadsheet in Google sheets? One way to make it easy to use and avoid misspellings is to add a drop down to a cell so everyone can select an option instead of typing the info in. More info on how to create, edit and remove a drop down here .

How to change default software

When you open files, do they open in a different software than the one you'd like to use? Sick of links opening in Firefox instead of Google Chrome? You can reset the default software your computer uses to open different types of files or search the web. To change a default software, just open your Windows menu in the bottom left hand corner of your screen. Then click on the gear icon to open Settings. Go to "Apps" and then "Default Apps". Here you can select which software your computer defaults to when you browse the web, look at photos, etc. More info here .

CCI Tech Tip Tuesdays

Search This Blog