FAQ
Q. Is RDPT available in other languages?
A. At the moment it is only available in English, but it is open source and so if somebody wants to put the word lists together and let me know, I will be happy to share it.
Q. It keeps on asking me for my username and password again and again?
A. If you want RDPT to work on an account that is not the default for Chrome then sometimes it goes around in a loop and continually keeps on asking you to login. To get around this use an incognito Window and then log in via your school account.
Q. Why do you need all those permissions?
I do not collect any data from you. These permissions are needed to enable the script to create tables on your document, go through the words and create a spreadsheet wordlist. Your data is still being stored on Google's Cloud system and you can see exactly what the script is doing by going to Tools -> Script Editor.
Q. Does this work with Microsoft Word & Excel?
Microsoft Word has an amazing tool called Immersive Reader, which does a lot of what RDPT does and more in some cases.
However for the planning tools you can simply use File - Download - Microsoft Word & the student versions will be available or File - Download - Microsoft Excel for sheets. You can then use it in Office very easily.
It would take a complete rewrite of the code to do this in Office, and so I am prioritising my limited free time to do this in Docs. Although I'm trying to ensure it smoothly exports to office. (This is a hobby project, I ain't getting paid for this)
If any VB programmers want to fork the project for MS Office that would be awesome!
Q. Can you change the language of the document?
Q. I get the error ReferenceError: background is not defined Details
This sometimes comes up in Google Docs when you are copying and pasting from a Website. Normally this is on a site with heavy advertising and there's some malformed code on the Website used by advertisers to track your views.
It is NOT anything to do with the RDPT extension and you are also unlikely to be able to print the document too.
Use Ctrl-A and delete everything or start a fresh doc from our site, then use Ctrl-Shift-V to plain-text paste in the text that you want. This should fix it.
If you've done that to no avail and have a document you don't mind sharing, DM me and I'll see what I can do.
Technical Questions
Q. Where can I find the source code?
The source is available within the document, but I have also shared the source for the RDPT in Github.
This will enable better tracking and for me to see people's suggestions more easily. It will also enable people to make their own projects based on this code. e.g. if they want to make this tool for a different language.
Q. What happens if I play with the source code in my copy and destroy it?
Grab yourself another copy of the tool at the link: bit.ly/ReadingDPT