Readability Studio Changes

New Product:

The ability to analyze an entire batch of documents at once.
Aggregated statistics (e.g., means and standard deviation) of the batch's test scores.
Histograms and box plots of the batch's test scores.
A web harvesting tool for finding, downloading, and analyzing a website.

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New Features:

Microsoft® Word 2007 files can now be imported.
OpenDocument files can now be imported.
All the results (graphs, lists, statistics) in a project can now be exported at once.
Copying list windows now includes formatting.
A "Copy All" option has been added to the list and text windows.
Double-clicking on a word in a list and it will jump to the first instance of that word in the respective text window.
The statistics summary window now includes links to the difficult word lists.
User settings can be exported and imported.
A legend can now be included in the highlighted text windows.
Trailing copyright/trademark notices can be excluded from the analysis.
Drop shadows can be toggled for your graphs.
Graphs can now be saved in black & white images.
A new page has been added to the New Project wizard for defining the structure of your document.
Documentation is more integrated with the program. Hitting the F1 button on your keyboard will take you to the help pertinent to the results you are currently viewing.
Save, print, copy, and search options have been added to the New Dale-Chall and Revised Spache word list sidebars.
Improved proper noun detection and syllable counter.

New Features:

All new Project Assistant sidebar.
New Dale-Chall and Revised Spache word lists can now be displayed in a sidebar. This can be a useful reference when reviewing the unfamiliar words in your document.
Custom familiar-word tests. You can create new tests using your own word lists, as well as create tests based on Dale-Chall or Spache and append your own words to them.
The statistics section now includes warnings for any issues encountered in your document. For example, if your document has a large average sentence length, then this statistic is highlighted and a note indicating the problem is included.
The overly-long sentence window now displays the word count after every sentence.
Numerous new graph options, including:

More control over how difficult words and sentences are highlighted. You can toggle between highlighting the background of the word or set the word’s font to the highlight color.
Standard deviation and median are now included in the readability score section (statistics display must be set to verbose).
More control over how sentences are deduced.

New Feature:

Added list of all words (and their respective frequency counts) to the difficult words section.

New Features:

Number of proper nouns added to the statistics.
Improved support for proper noun detection. Some tests may produce slightly lower results than previous versions.
Updated documentation.

New Features:

Webpages can now be analyzed.
Added RIX readability test.
Added option to exclude incomplete sentences from the analysis.
Added option to toggle the detail of statistics.
Added options to change the graph title and axis fonts.
Added options to change the graphs' background colors.
Added options to set an image as the graphs' background.
Added support for printer headers and footers.
Improved inclusion of punctuation in the highlighted text windows.
Averages of the readability scores and age levels are now included in the results window.
Added "technical document" as a document type in the New Project wizard.
Added new option "New project from clipboard" as a shortcut to create a new project using the text on the clipboard.
UTF-8 encoded files now supported.
Added option to word list exporter to save only the selected rows.
Improved HTML importer.
Improved syllable counter, including better support for acronyms and hyphenated words.
New examples and technical notes added to the documentation.