Adobe Acrobat Reader
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Center For Plain Language
http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/aboutpl/expert.html

Dr. Janis Redish, Writing Consultant
http://www.redish.net/

Elements of Style Online by William Strunk Jr.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/

Exercises From Legal Writing In Plain English
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/garner/

Explanation of Flesch Index
http://www.mang.canterbury.ac.nz/writing_guide/writing/flesch.shtml

Improving Communication from the Federal Government to the Public
http://www.plainlanguage.gov/

King County Plain Talk Writing Guide
http://www.kingcounty.gov/exec/styleguide/plainwriting.aspx

Making your Web Site Senior Friendly
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/checklist.pdf

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
http://www.m-w.com

Michelle Cuthrell, author of Behind the Blue Star Banner
http://www.behindthebluestarbanner.com

National Institute of Health's Online Plain Language Course
http://plainlanguage.nih.gov/cbts/plainlanguage/login.asp

OWL Purdue Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/

Peabody Communications
http://www.peabodycommunications.com

Pierce Community College
http://www.pierce.ctc.edu

Simple word replacements from the Federal Government
http://www.plainlanguage.gov/howto/wordsuggestions/simplewords.cfm

Steve Krug: Don't Make Me Think!
http://www.sensible.com/

The Gregg Reference Manual
http://www.mhhe.com/ps/buscomm/grm/overview/index.html

The Plain Language Association International
http://www.plainlanguagenetwork.org

Usability Methods Toolbox by James Hom
http://jthom.best.vwh.net/usability/

Usability Website Design Dos and Don'ts
http://www.usabilityfirst.com/websites/index.txl

View our Plain Talk Video on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ixe35ojpue

Washington State “Resources” page for anything Plain Talk—around the world.
http://www.governor.wa.gov/priorities/plaintalk/resources.asp

Washington State “Resources” page for anything Plain Talk—around the world.
http://www.governor.wa.gov/priorities/plaintalk/resources.asp

Washington State Department of Personnel Training & Development
http://www.dop.wa.gov/training/pages/default.aspx

Washington State Plain Talk
http://www.accountability.wa.gov/plaintalk/default.asp

WSDOT Reader-Friendly folio gives a quick overview of their reader-friendly/plain talk approach to writing environmental documents.
http://wadot.wa.gov/nr/rdonlyres/2db7bc2a-8a6d-4139-bc5c-319d0a4b4054/0/readerfriendlyfolio.pdf

WSDOT’s 64-page Reader Friendly Toolkit gives tools on how to make environmental documents speak clearly to your audience.
http://wadot.wa.gov/nr/rdonlyres/272db1de-36f7-432f-9f60-d1199533ae97/0/readerfriendlydocumenttoolkit.pdf