Under the Microscope --
Information and News about the Word Microscope program

Getting Word Microscope

1. Download and install the fully functioning free version.
2. Run Word Microscope as you would normally. You have 42 days after installation to decide if you want to buy a licence to use it beyond that time.
3. Decide how many users you will need to buy a licence for.
4. Select the maximum user count in the pull-down list on the right that best reflects your needs and press the Buy Now button to proceed.
   
   Or, visit our Buying Guide page for more options.
5. After processing your payment, we will send you an e-mail containing a key to unlock the time-limit.

Word Microscope runs on PC under Windows. There isn't a Mac version.

Paying for Word Microscope

Maximum users:

1 User £42.00 GBP 2 Users £81.00 GBP 3 Users £117.00 GBP 4 Users £151.00 GBP 5 Users £182.00 GBP 10 Users £317.00 GBP 15 Users £426.00 GBP 20 Users £525.00 GBP 25 Users £620.00 GBP 30 Users £715.00 GBP

What is Word Microscope?

Users of Word Microscope can peer inside a word to discover how it is built up.

It helps you answer two questions about a word that improve both vocabulary and spelling:

• Why is this word spelled the way it is?
• What does the spelling tell us about this word and other related words?

The answers are usually both surprising and rewarding.

By increasing your understanding of what makes up a single specimen word, Word Microscope helps you see connections with many new words, which are built in a similar way.

Take a quick look now to see four brief steps in using Word Microscope.

To see Word Microscope in action, view the videos and guides by Pete Bowers from WordWorks Kingston. They show many of its major features, while taking you through an investigation into the word <discovery>.

Our aim is that Word Microcope will become a favourite computer tool for exploring the structure and morphology of written English words.

What news?

This news page is for you, if you'd like to know what we've been up to and where we are now.

We'll be posting more information here periodically. Come and re-visit to see the latest additions.

As well as this, don't forget our word building and spelling micro-site at www.neilramsden.co.uk/spelling/.

The latest working version of the program for download is Word-Microscope-1-1-0.

If you'd like to try out Word Microcope, just go to the download page and follow the instructions.

We welcome suggestions for improvement. It's also useful to hear what works well, so we don't change something that's proven to be worthwhile.

You may also be interested in our Mini Matrix-Maker, which is a simple web-based tool for building word matrices. It works on Mac, iPad and other platforms, as well as PC.