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The Daily
Telegraph
by Richard Jones - Editor of the Good Software
Guide
StyleWriter
teaches the art of editing; how to run the editor's pen through inadequate
writing; how to cut the waffle, how to turn a draft into clear and concise
plain English.
It persuades users to change their ingrained style. It
persuades writers to produce prose that helps readers - effectively and
briefly. And it is really very good.
The program works by analyzing
writing for 35,000 known style and usage faults. To take two simple examples,
it suggests altering "It was decided by the committee..." to "The committee
decided..."; and "This pamphlet is intended to show..." to "This pamphlet
shows...."
Blindingly obvious when you think about it. And it is what
plain English is all about - clear, concise and effective writing. It also
highlights complex words and suggests simpler alternatives, draws attention to
abstract words, over-complex phrases, confused and misused words (a far more
common problem than poor grammar) and the bare minimum of self-evident
grammatical errors.
The results of using plain English are stunning.
The UK Employment Department saved £250,000 a year in paper alone, merely
by reducing the number of words used. StyleWriter may well be a surprise when
you start to use it, mainly because its advice is so devastatingly sensible.
Poor writing is often the result of slipshod thinking or the muddled
memory of unnecessary rules.
StyleWriter has the chance to break habits
most writers are not aware they had. Anyone smug enough to think they have no
writing problems should remember the old saying "Most writers only have two
writing problems: first they don't know how to write; second they think they
do."
It is time to break these habits, either by joining the Plain
English Campaign, or, on computers, using StyleWriter. It had a significant
effect on me, and I know I knew it all. These people are talking my language,
or indeed our language - English - clearly.
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The
Manual
Anne Bradbeer reviews a software package that should bring a
touch of style to your work.
I first
encountered StyleWriter tucked away unpretentiously at the back of a computer
exhibition. It was competing for attention with a virtual reality game, free
teddy bears, and a reconstruction of a Parisian cafe. At least you could tell
what the StyleWriter stand was promoting. I liked it already.
...As a
manual writer myself, I believe that good software needs a good manual. When a
product claims to help with writing style, its manual is doubly important. The
StyleWriter (CD) manual is excellent. It is clear, to the point, and gives you
every confidence in the claims of the software.
The package is easy to
use; you certainly don't have to be a computer genius. It accepts text directly
from the most popular word processing packages or through the clipboard. If you
have a little computer experience its use is pretty intuitive, but the
computerized manual and tutorial provide thorough backup.
StyleWriter
has two kinds of online help. Predictably, one is about using the program. The
other is like having the Chicago Manual of Style at your fingertips. For
example, if you forget how to use the exclamation mark correctly, advice is
available at the press of a key.
As it checks your text, StyleWriter
looks for stylistic horrors such as long sentences and passive constructions.
It also watches for sexist language, jargon and foreign terms amongst a host of
other problems. It checks for up to 26 different categories of stylistic and
proofreading pitfalls. The house style category lets you include your own
organization's style rules for checking.
StyleWriter is undoubtedly
useful for anyone who writes, not just technical authors. It takes the hard
slog out of editing, and draws your attention to stylistic faults you probably
didn't know you had. In an ideal world, every technical author would have a
copy of it.
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About.com
Melissa Alvarez - editor of
About.com's Romance Fiction - would give StyleWriter ten stars if possible.
StyleWriter
— the Plain English Editor is a software program that runs from within
Microsoft Word, Word Perfect and other word processors. I've got to tell you
that I LOVE this program. I've never seen anything else like it on the market
and I believe that the developers have hit on a very good product.
StyleWriter goes through your document and highlights problem areas.
This includes, repetitive words, grammar problems, clichés, passive
voice and many other items. When you use StyleWriter you will find that your
own writing improves because the more you use it the more you notice things
you're doing wrong.
Another thing that I liked about StyleWriter is
that it gives you an analysis of your work. This analysis includes the
documents word count, average sentence length, the number of passive voice
usages and best of all a number for style.
Beside each of these numbers
you also get a word to describe your work. For example, a style of 181 would be
Dreadful and a style of 15 would be Excellent.
StyleWriter also
highlights words and phrases that might be unclear. The program points out the
problem and it's up to the author to correct it. Within the program you can
choose the types of problems that you want StyleWriter to look for. You can
even set your own "House" style with this software. I really liked this option.
While StyleWriter doesn't rigidly hold you to any set style of writing
by pointing out standard errors that an editor would catch, it allows you to
improve on your own.
...I highly recommend StyleWriter as an effective
learning tool and as an excellent editing program for anyone who writes,
regardless of what they write. If I could give this program ten stars I would.
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Customer
Testimonials
"StyleWriter
is an excellent program that will improve your writing style and perhaps change
the lives of others, as it has done for me. You will find just one draw back to
using StyleWriter. After using the product for a time, the three-level grading
statistics are going to improve substantially. And to such a degree, the user
will make fewer changes. Get to know StyleWriter, and use it often because the
product is remarkable.
-- Jack Seward, New York, New York
"Thank you very much for the StyleWriter program. The software put an
edge to the final cut of my Masters in Business Administration thesis submitted
to Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands where I was awarded a
passed with distinction on my paper. In a highly technical subject like my
research, StyleWriter was there to simplify the communication flow between the
author and the reader. Once again thank you very much."
-- MBA
Graduate
"I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this program. I have used StyleWriter
in all my writing since the first trial I bought. I just keep getting better.
It is awesome. The more you use it the easier it is and the better your own
writing becomes. I really like that it doesn't change your own style, but makes
the text more succinct. This is enormously helpful when writing publications,
courses and instructional material - which is my job. The last document I sent
for editing had virtually NO changes. Now, I would say I am a very good writer,
but this program has helped me enormously."
-- Professional Writer
"I ran StyleWriter on an old report which had been thoroughly
edited and revised to what we thought was a pretty good standard, and using
every check available in MS Word. StyleWriter showed us so many genuine
stylistic improvements - I am amazed. The advert is right - it is like having
an expert editor sitting at one's side. What an incredible program."
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Marketing Manager
"Like having the Chicago Manual of Style at
your fingertips... StyleWriter is undoubtedly useful for anyone who writes, not
only technical authors. It takes the hard slog out of editing, and draws your
attention to stylistic faults you probably didn't know you had. In an ideal
world, every technical author would have a copy of it."
-- The Manual
"If your writing is less than readable, StyleWriter can give you
an English writing trainer, a sub-editor and an English teacher on a disk. If
you already know how to write, StyleWriter picks up those faults that slip by
when you are nudging a deadline."
-- Bits and Bytes
"StyleWriter especially impressed me in flagging only a handful of false
errors that are so common with grammar checkers. Its advice was intelligent,
and it came across as a practical and effective aid to good clear writing."
-- PC Plus Magazine
"By breaking bad writing habits, the
program lets editors express themselves in their own words, clearly and
concisely, rather than in the stale phrases and impersonal style common in
typical office writing."
-- Computer Bulletin
"StyleWriter
deserves a place in every business office."
-- Accountant
Magazine
"The Best Word Processing Add-on."
-- What Personal
Computer
"Running StyleWriter over one's writing is like a crash
course in professional editing. It will not leave one's writing unchanged."
-- Computers and the Law
"StyleWriter acts as a professional
editor for anyone in business or government who needs to write reports,
proposals or press releases. For writing punchy, effective, communicative text,
look no further."
-- Good Software Guide
Praise for
StyleWriter!
"Like having
the Chicago Manual of Style at your fingertips... StyleWriter is undoubtedly
useful for anyone who writes, not only technical authors. It takes the hard
slog out of editing, and draws your attention to stylistic faults you probably
didn't know you had. In an ideal world, every technical author would have a
copy of it."
-- The Manual
"If your writing is less than
readable, StyleWriter can give you an English writing trainer, a sub-editor and
an English teacher on a disk. If you already know how to write, StyleWriter
picks up those faults that slip by when you are nudging a deadline."
--
Bits and Bytes
"StyleWriter especially impressed me in flagging
only a handful of false errors that are so common with grammar checkers. Its
advice was intelligent, and it came across as a practical and effective aid to
good clear writing."
-- PC Plus Magazine
"By breaking bad
writing habits, the program lets editors express themselves in their own words,
clearly and concisely, rather than in the stale phrases and impersonal style
common in typical office writing."
-- Computer
Bulletin
"StyleWriter deserves a place in every business office."
-- Accountant Magazine
"The Best Word Processing Add-on."
-- What Personal Computer
"Running StyleWriter over one's
writing is like a crash course in professional editing. It will not leave one's
writing unchanged."
-- Computers and the Law
"StyleWriter
acts as a professional editor for anyone in business or government who needs to
write reports, proposals or press releases. For writing punchy, effective,
communicative text, look no further."
-- Good Software
Guide
What the users say...
• "StyleWriter's the
best thing since sliced sandwiches."
-Radio Journalist
• "I'm from the Wall Street Journal and need a copy of
StyleWriter."
"Do you want to review the package?"
"No - I need it for
everything I write." - Press Journalist
• "I sent
my first book to Random House. They told me it was the first draft they had
received that didn't need editing. I'm afraid I didn't tell them I'd used
StyleWriter."
- Author of school textbooks
• "Editors
charge about $50 a hour to polish writing. Yet StyleWriter does 80 per cent of
the editor's work. I reckon I've saved the cost of the program by running it
through just a few of my articles."
- Freelance
Journalist
• After two months using StyleWriter, I wish to
congratulate you on this splendid and useful application. Worth every penny I
paid for it!
- Freelance Writer
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StyleWriter helps you edit your documents into plain
English.
Did you know...
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| Running StyleWriter through
any document lets you measure if it is in Plain English. StyleWriter's Poor
Style Index measures excellent and good writing at under 30. A score of
over 100 is poor or bad style. Business and government typically average a
Poor Style Index of between 80-120 -- three to four times the
recommended average. Professional writers in publications such as Time,
Newsweek and The Economist consistently score an average Poor
Style Index of between 15-35. |
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