A. Readability Statistics

When Microsoft Word finishes checking spelling and grammar, it can display information about the reading level of the document, including the following readability scores. Each readability score bases its rating on the average number of syllables per word and words per sentence.
1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab.
2. Select the Check grammar with spelling check box.
3. Select the Show readability statistics check box, and then click OK.

B. Versioning in Microsoft Word

Did you know that the in-built Version feature allows keeping old versions of your copy and also editing the original? You don’t need to maintain different drafts in different folders of your computer, if you exploited this feature.

After completing every draft, just click on File -> Versions -> Save Now. You can tag each draft with a comment just the way you would do to a typewritten bundle. Now you have enabled your document to store all the different versions in a single file.

You can retrieve any specific version by clicking on it. You can delete a draft that is not required by selecting the version and tapping the Delete button. No more draft mix-ups of your wonderful stories.

C. Saving paper?

Want to print two pages on a A4 paper? If you are using Microsoft Word, in your print options, look for the option Pages Per Sheet on the right-handside corner. Select 2 pages and hit the print button.

Of course if you are dummying a very simple picture book you can print 16 pages per sheet and see how it folds.