Sara, moved your thread into here because traditionally it's where grammar questions reside and you might get more answers in here, besides, than in Off Topic.
For myself, I've never been too bothered about passive voice one way or another. When I used to use WORD's grammar checker as well as its spellchecker, if it tagged something as passive voice I'd look it over and decide whether I liked it better its way or mine and then decide based on that.
But I have to say that WORD was the first time I ever encountered the concept of passive voice - I don't ever remember it being mentioned in school at all.
LabRat
