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 say “Spell” by itself, without any letters after it, the Spell dialog box opens.
You can then speak the letters and Dragon NaturallySpeaking will type them or you
can correct any errors in the word you spelled.
When spelling, you can say numbers and special characters as well as letters. For
example, to dictate an automobile license plate number, you could say “Spell y-h-m-
6-0-9.” Dragon NaturallySpeaking would type “yhm609.” Say “Spell Cap-m-a-c-m-i-
l-l-a-n-trademark” to get “MacMillan™” in your document.
Spelling a word adds that word to the active vocabulary. Words that contain
numbers are not added to the vocabulary.
To dictate unusual text such as automobile license plate numbers or product codes, you can also
switch to Spell mode by saying “Switch To Spell Mode,” and then dictate letters.
You can make the Spell dialog box appear whenever you use the Spell command by
setting the “Spell” commands bring up the Spell dialog box option on the Correction tab
in the Options dialog box. See page 161 for more information.
You can also access the Spell dialog box when using the "Select" or “Correct”
commands.
For a list of how to spell special characters, see the Spelling topic in the online Help
or the “Commands List” on page 173.
Playing back your dictation
(Preferred and higher)
Playback commands work in the DragonPad, Microsoft Word 97, 2000 and 2002,
Corel WordPerfect 8 and 9, and Lotus Notes.
TIP