Jan, Heather is right, you can use the Flesch-Kincaid on Word. The
Utah Med School site states that
"While the SMOG Readability Formula is an easy way to determine
readability, another option is the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Index.
This test is automatically calculated on your Microsoft Word
documents. After Microsoft Word completes a grammar check (under tools
in the tool bar), readability statistics are displayed.

One of the formulas that is similar to the SMOG formula is the
Flesch-Kincaid formula. This index computes readability based on the
average number of syllables per word and the average number of words
per sentence. The score in this case indicates a grade-school level.
For example, a score of 8.0 means that an eighth grader would
understand the document. Standard writing approximately equates to the
seventh- to eighth-grade level. However, for Patient Education for U
documents, the recommended reading level is around the sixth grade."
(from <http://uuhsc.utah.edu/pated/authors/readability.html>

Dawn Kersula MA, RN, FACCE, IBCLC and
Member of the BMH Patient Family Education Council!!

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