— Your documents are checked for spelling, style and word usage errors in Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint or web browsers.
— A dedicated Google Docs plug-in comes included in the browsers tools.
— Each proposed correction is clearly highlighted in the document, with the corresponding AP Stylebook or in-house rule, so you always know why something was flagged.
— Updated interface shows you all recommendations for your entire document and lets you change just one instance of an error or all uses in one click.
— It scans content in phrases, not individual words, which allows StyleGuard to know it should change “Bombay” to “Mumbai,” but leave “Bombay gin” alone.
— You can create, edit, share and import custom style entries to manage regional terms (“firefly” or “lightning bug”), local proper nouns (“E.P. ‘Tom’ Sawyer State Park”) or common typos and frequent misspellings (“mispellings”).
— Warnings let you flag certain words or phrases to remind writers and editors to double-check context, avoid cliches, redundancies or vulgarities, or spike them outside of direct quotes: “pubic” is appropriate in medical copy but probably not in a story about local government.
— Multiple workflow options allow you to share custom entries with other StyleGuard subscribers, setting permissions and proofing guidelines to match your needs.
— The StyleGuard Manager has a built-in text editor, so you can quickly test that your new style rules are being flagged correctly in the system.
— Proofing statistics provide data on common mistakes, unknown words, number of documents proofed and number of errors found.