User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Installation and Training
- Starting to Dictate
- Working on your Desktop
- Programs, documents and folders
- Switching between open windows
- Opening and closing menus
- Selecting buttons, tabs, and options
- Selecting icons on the desktop
- Resizing and closing windows
- Scrolling in windows and list boxes
- Opening lists and making selections
- Pressing keyboard keys
- Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse
- Correcting and Editing
- Formatting
- Capitalizing text
- Capitalizing the first letter of the next word you dictate
- Capitalizing consecutive words
- Dictating the next word in all capital letters
- Dictating consecutive words in all capital letters
- Dictating the next word in all lowercase letters
- Dictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters
- Capitalizing (or uncapitalizing) text already in your document
- Formatting text
- Capitalizing text
- Working with Applications
- Dictating Names, Numbers, Punctuation & Special Characters
- Using the Command Browser
- Improving Accuracy
- Managing Users
- Using Portable Recorders (Preferred and higher)
- Automate Your Work (Preferred and higher)
- Customizing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- Commands List
- Which commands work in which programs?
- Controlling the microphone
- Controlling the DragonBar
- Controlling the DragonPad
- Adding paragraphs, lines, and spaces
- Selecting text
- Correcting text
- Deleting and undoing
- Moving around in a document
- Copying, cutting, and pasting text
- Capitalizing text
- Formatting text
- Entering numbers
- Entering punctuation and special characters
- Playing back and reading text
- Working with your desktop and windows
- E-mail commands
- Using Lotus Notes
- Using Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Working hands-free
- Which commands work in which programs?
- Index
Contents
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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CHAPTER 5 Correcting and Editing 41
Correcting mistakes 41
Selecting text by voice 45
Moving around in a document 48
Copying, cutting, and pasting text 50
Deleting text 50
Spelling as you dictate 52
Playing back your dictation (Preferred and higher) 53
Using text-to-speech 57
CHAPTER 6 Formatting 61
Capitalizing text 61
Formatting text 64
CHAPTER 7 Working with Applications 67
Working with e-mail 67
Working with Microsoft Internet Explorer 70
Working with Microsoft Word 76
Working with Microsoft Excel (Preferred and higher) 80
CHAPTER 8 Dictating Names, Numbers, Punctuation & Special
Characters 83
Dictating numbers 83
Punctuation 91
Dictating hyphenated words 93
Dictating compound words 94
Dictating names 95
Dictating abbreviations and acronyms 96
Dictating e-mail and Web addresses 96
Dictating special characters 97
Switching Recognition Modes 101
CHAPTER 9 Using the Command Browser 103
Supported Applications 103
Starting the Command Browser 104
Finding specific commands 105
Training commands 108
Working with Custom Commands (Preferred and higher) 109
CHAPTER 10 Improving Accuracy 115
The Accuracy Center 115
Tools to improve your acoustics 116
Tools to Manage Commands 118