Tracely
Add to ChromeWhat do the colours mean?
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Every flag Tracely draws is one solid underline under the sentence it's about. The colour says what kind of problem it is, and the panel's tabs and the icon beside the line say it too, so colour is never the only signal.
Red: false claim
A source says otherwise, Tracely looked it up and nothing backs it, a cited source doesn't seem to exist, or the conclusion doesn't follow.
What to do: Delete the claim, or fix it. On Student and Pro you can replace it with what a source says, quoted and cited.
Blue: needs evidence
Nothing you cite backs the claim up yet.
What to do: Find a source for it, or narrow the claim to what you can support.
Amber: citation
The source is named but not cited, the wrong source is cited, a quote has no page, or a reference is listed twice or never cited.
What to do: Add or fix the citation, or tidy your works cited list.
Grey: still checking
Tracely is reading the sentence now.
What to do: Nothing to do. It changes colour, or goes away, in a few seconds.
Fixing a flag
Hover an underline, or open it in the panel, to see why it was flagged. A fix replaces one sentence with one sentence, and nothing in your document changes until you accept it.
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