On 12/02/2008, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I helped Daniel with this macro. The macro calculates: > > Fog Index > Flesch Reading Scale > Flesch-Kincaid Index > Coleman-Liau Grade > > It ignores all paragraphs that are not of the style: > > "First paragraph", "Text body", "Standard" > > Just so you know. This can be confusing and cause unexpected results. > > Paul wrote: > > On Feb 12, 2008 1:20 PM, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> The Fogg index gives a measure of the readability of a document based > on > >> the average number of words per sentence and the number of polysyllabic > >> words. Does anyone know of a macro or extension that will calculate the > >> Fogg index for a Writer document (or a text document)? Or, if not the > >> actual Fogg index, any other numerical indication of the clarity of a > >> piece of text? > >> I have Googled and looked on the OOo extensions page but ... > >> > >> For details of how to calculate the Fogg index, see, among others, > >> http://www.writershelper.com/readability.html > >> > >> > > > > I remember some time ago Daniel Carrera wrote a macro that provided > > readability stats... This one can be found here: > > http://www.ooomacros.org/user.php#111318 > > > > I've only used it some time ago and I'm unsure if it actually uses the > Fogg > > index. > > > > /paul > > > > > > > > -- > Andrew Pitonyak > My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt > My Book: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm > Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php > See Also: http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html
Thank you. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
