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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With a little practice, you will develop the habit of dictating in a clear, steady voice,
and the computer will understand you better.
If you’re correcting more than one word, the words must all be in sequence (next to each
other). You can’t use a single command to correct words that are in different parts of your document.
Selecting your whole document
To select all the text in your document, say “Select Document” or “Select All.” This
command is useful when you want to change the font or the way text is aligned.
When you want to copy all the text in a document to another window, the easiest
way to do it is with the “Copy All to Clipboard” command. (See “Copying text to
other programs,” on page 50.)
When a lot of text is selected, the “Scratch That” and “Cut That” commands don’t work, nor
can you overwrite the selection by dictating new text. This prevents you from accidentally deleting a
large part of your document. To remove a large selection, you can say “Delete That” instead.
Selecting an entire paragraph or line
You can select the current paragraph by saying “Select Paragraph.” To select the
current line, say “Select Line.”
You can also select a number of paragraphs or lines (up to 20). For example, you can
say “Select Previous 5 Paragraphs.”
Selecting a word or character
You can select the current word by saying “Select Word.” To select a character, say
“Select Next Character” or “Select Previous Character.”
You can also select a number of words or characters (up to 20). For example, say
“Select Previous 2 Words.”
SAY THEN THEN
Select Next Paragraph
Previous 2...20 Paragraphs
Forward Line
Back 2.20 Lines
Last
SAY THEN THEN
Select Next Word
Previous 2...20 Words
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