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
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Correcting and Editing
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If you prefer not to see the Correction menu every time you select text by voice, you can turn it
off. In the Options dialog box, click the Correction tab to display the Correction options, then clear the
check box “‘Select’ commands bring up Correction menu.”
To help you quickly find the alternative you want, the recognition choices in the
Correction menu appear in boldface where they differ from the word you’ve
selected. (This is only applicable when you’ve selected more than one word at a
time.)
If you select any leading or trailing spaces (including paragraph marks) along with
the text you want to correct, choosing one of the alternatives in the Correction dialog
box deletes those leading and trailing spaces.
Correcting Punctuation
Note the following when correcting punctuation:
■ When you select a phrase (more than one word) that has punctuation, make sure
to dictate that punctuation. For example, say you initially dictated, "Today is
Thursday I have a meeting at 11 o'clock" and the text was transcribed as "Today
is Thursday, I have a meeting at 11 o'clock." If you want to change the comma to
a period, say "Select Thursday comma". If the correct punctuation appears in the
Correction dialog box, select it. Otherwise you can dictate over the selection, for
example by saying "Thursday period".
■ When you select punctuation, the Correction menu may include alternate
punctuation. For example:
TIP
The words that are
different from the
selection appear in
bold, to help you find
the correct alternative
quickly.