Each Day Already is a Challenge

Perhaps you know?

Hubby and I tried to buy some reconditioned computers a few months back, but that didn't work. We're both still running Windows 98SE. That means, of course, that there are no longer any Windows updates available.

So how did I end up with a new "tool" on my word program?

I used spell check. I know it's not the most trustworthy tool for checking spelling and grammar errors, but it catches some of them. Lately, after running a spell check, a new tool has been popping up afterwards. It has a list of about 20 items that it proudly reports. Frankly, I have not paid one bit of attention to any of them except the last one on the list. That one tells the grade level for which I have written.

I'm fascinated with that. When the tool first popped up, it told me that my writing was for 12.9 grade level. Well, I'll be...

I shortened a few sentences and changed a few words, and the tool declared it written for grade level 9.3. Amazing. A few more changes, and I had written in the language of 6.1 grade level.

I played with that stupid tool all afternoon. (Okay, I'm easily amused. ) Try as I might, I could not write anything for less than grade level 4.1 or higher than grade 12.9. Perhaps those are the upper and lower levels of the tool.

Either that or I'm not supposed to write kid's picture books or college text books.

So...

Does anyone know what I did to get this tool working on my computer???