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Dragon Installation and User Guide
Edition
Mode
Description
Quick
Edition
Mode
Allowsyoutoenternewcontentintoacell,overwritethecurrentcontentsofacell,or
formattheentirecontentsofacell.Whenyouselectacellandbegindictating,ayellow
backgroundappearstoindicatethatthedictatedtextwillbeinsertedintothecell.Ifthe
cellcurrentlycontainstext,thenewdictatedtextwilloverwritetheexistingtext.Ifyou
wanttoformatthecontentsofacell,selectthecell,orselectaportionofthecell’s
contentsusingFullTextControlcommands,andsayaformattingcommand,suchas
"SetFontArial10PointsBold".
Full
Edition
Mode
Allowsyoutoedittheexistingcontentsofacell.Ifyouwanttoaddtooreditthecurrent
contentsofacell,selectthecellandsay"EditCell"or"PressF2"toopenthecellfor
editing.WhenyouenterFullEditionMode,thebackgroundcolorchangestoblue.
EnteringFullEditionModeisanalogoustodouble-clickingacell.LineandParagraph
commands,suchas"NewLine"operatewithintheselectedcellinFullEditionmode.
Using Full Text Control
Ingeneral,FullTextControlisavailableincellsexceptwhenyoutypesomethingintoacell
beforeyoudictate.Forexample:
n Ifyoudictateintoacell,thentypesomecharacters,anddictatemoretextintothatcell,
FullTextControlisavailable.
n Ifyoutypeatthebeginningofacellanddictatesometextornumbers,FullTextControl
isavailableonlyontheportionyoudictated.
n Onceyouhaveeditedacellusinganycombinationoftypinganddictation,whenyou
movebacktothatcellbyvoice,FullTextControlisavailableintheentirecell.
n Thecommandsthatquotetextfromthescreen(select<xyz>,correct<xyz>,insert
after<xyz>…)workthankstoafunctionalitycalledFullTextControl.Thisfunctionality
dependsonDragon’sabilitytoconstantlyobtaininformationfromthetextfieldaboutits
content—forinstance,inordertoknowwherewordsandsentencesbeginandend,so
Dragoncanapplyspacingbetweenwordsandcapitalizationatthebeginningof
sentences.MoststandardtextfieldsallowfullFullTextControlcapabilities.Formore
information,seeTheFullTextControlIndicator.
Basic commands for Microsoft Excel
YoucanusethefollowingvoicecommandstoperformbasicoperationsusingMicrosoft
Excel.
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