Introduction

Consistency mistakes are a sign of poor writing. To ensure that your documents make the best impression, it's important to check for consistency. Consistency Checker makes that easy. It scans your document to find:

• Inconsistent hyphenation (e.g. 'email' and 'e-mail')
• Spelling variations (e.g. 'adviser' and 'advisor')
• Numbers in the middle of sentences
• Common typos
• Abbreviations in two forms.

Instructions

To run Consistency Checker:

• Get the add-on from the Google store
• Open your document in Google Docs and choose 'Consistency Checker' from the 'Add-ons' menu
• Click 'Open' to launch the sidebar
• Click 'Scan' to start checking.

Consistency Checker will describe any possible errors that it finds. To locate the errors in your document, click the 'Edit' menu in Google Docs and then click 'Find' (or type Ctrl+F on your keyboard). Then enter the word to search for.

When you've made any changes that you want, click 'Next' and Consistency Checker will scan your document for other possible errors.

Finding More Errors

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