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User Guide
This guide outlines how to use ProWritingAid to check grammar, rephrase language, and enhance text readability for clearer and more effective writing.
Access ProWritingAid Website
| a. | Navigate to the website: https://app.prowritingaid.com/; |
| b. | Click Sign up to register, or log in to your existing account; |
| c. | Click the + New Doc button to create a new file. |
Check Grammar and Spelling
| a. | Enter text into the editor or click the Upload a document button to select a local document (Note: Supported formats include DOCX, RTF, OD, and FDX; Free plan users can edit the first 500 words); |
| b. | Review the automatically underlined text in your document; |
| c. | Click the Style button in the top toolbar to generate the Writing Style Check report (Note: The Writing Style Check assesses clarity, adverb usage, hidden verbs, and lengthy subordinate clauses; free plan users can generate two Style reports daily); |
| d. | Hover your cursor over any underlined word to view a pop-up with correction details; |
| e. | Click on a suggested correction in the pop-up box or the sidebar to accept the change. |
Rephrase Overused Language
| a. | Click the Overused report button in the top toolbar; |
| b. | Review the list of identified words in the Overused Words Report panel on the left (Note: The Overused Words check compares the frequency of commonly overused words with published writing; free plan users can generate two Overused reports daily); |
| c. | Hover over an underlined word in the main editor to see why it has been flagged; |
| d. | Click the Suggest Rephrases button to view and select replacement options. |
Enhance Readability
| a. | Click the Readability button in the top toolbar; |
| b. | Review the Readability Report in the left-hand panel (Note: The Readability check spots difficult-to-read paragraphs to determine if your writing is suitable for your intended audience; free plan users can generate two Readability reports daily); |
| c. | Examine the colour-coded paragraphs in the main editor, where green is easy to read, yellow is more difficult, and red is most difficult; |
| d. | Click on any listed paragraph in the left-hand panel to navigate directly to it in the editor; |
| e. | Edit the paragraph to improve its readability score. |
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