Swan - Scientific Writing Assistant Video Tutorial

Part 0 - Installing SWAN

What to do before using SWAN? Jean-Luc Lebrun shows how to install SWAN properly on a Windows PC.



Part 1 - Before you start, Clean up

What to do before using SWAN? How to prepare your documents for SWAN? Jean-Luc Lebrun shows how to clean up documents to avoid running into problems when importing scientific texts into SWAN.



Part 2 - Using SWAN: Quickstart

How to start using SWAN? Jean-Luc Lebrun shows first of the possible ways to use SWAN: the Quickstart mode. Quickstart allows you to make quick evaluations with the standard parts of your paper (title, abstract, introduction, conclusions). You may also have your text fluidity evaluated by using either automatic or manual text progression assesment tool!



Part 3 - Using SWAN: Full evaluation-1

How to start using SWAN? Jean-Luc Lebrun shows second of the possible ways to use SWAN: the Full evaluation mode. Full evaluation allows you to make evaluations with the standard part of your paper (title, abstract, introduction, conclusions) as well as with your structure! In full evaluation mode, you will import your whole paper into SWAN, and with the semiautomatic import process, determine the structure of your paper. You may also have your text fluidity evaluated by using either automatic or manual text progression assesment tool!



Part 4 - Using SWAN: Full evaluation-2


Part 5 - Using SWAN: Fluidity evaluation

Jean-Luc Lebrun shows how to use the fluidity evaluation feature in SWAN. Fluidity evaluation highlights potential text progression problems from your text and gives suggestions of how to fix them.



Part 6 - Using SWAN: Title evaluation


Part 7 - Using SWAN: Abstract evaluation


Part 8 - Using SWAN: Introduction, conclusion and figures