12.0
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1: What's New in Dragon Version 12
- Chapter 2: Installing Dragon
- Installation and User Profile Creation
- Dragon system requirements
- What you should know before installing
- Installation Prerequisites
- Installing Software - Typical Installation
- Installing Software - Custom Installation
- Modifying application settings for all users
- Modifying formatting options for all users
- Creating your user profile
- Setting up, positioning, and checking your microphone
- Training a new user profile
- Adapting to your writing style and scheduling tuning
- How Dragon automatically configures user profiles
- Upgrading User Profiles
- Version 12 File Structure
- Accessing log files, samples, and tools
- Activating Dragon
- Chapter 3: Getting Started
- Chapter 4: Dictating Text
- Dictation Basics
- Undoing actions
- Correcting text errors as you dictate
- Dictation commands
- Typing or spelling text
- Spelling words
- Dictating numbers
- Using the Dictation Box
- Using the Dictation Box
- Using Dictation Box in unsupported applications
- Turning off the Dictation Box
- Unsupported applications
- Transferring your text
- The Full Text Control Indicator
- Dictating in unknown text fields
- Editing text in unknown text fields
- Defining how the Dictation Box works in different applications
- Unexpected behavior or text in the Dictation Box
- Dictation Box Settings
- Using DragonPad
- Chapter 5: Making Corrections
- Chapter 6: Revising Text
- Chapter 7: Working in Programs
- Chapter 8: Working with Web applications
- Using Rich Internet Application extensions
- Browser requirements for Web application support
- Enabling Web application support
- How to tell if Web application support is active
- Using Gmail
- Using Hotmail
- Editing text in a supported Web application
- Using Dragon's Web capabilities without RIA
- If you have problems using Web application support
- Chapter 9: Working with Web browsers
- Chapter 10: Working on Your Desktop
- Starting and exiting programs
- Using Windows Desktop commands
- Controlling menus
- Selecting buttons and dialog box options
- Selecting tabs in a dialog box
- Resizing and closing windows
- Selecting and opening icons
- Scrolling in windows and lists
- Searching your Desktop by voice
- Switching between programs and windows
- Chapter 11: Controlling the Mouse and Keyboard
- Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy
- Top 10 ways to improve accuracy
- Using Smart Format Rules
- Adjusting Speed vs. Accuracy
- The Dragon Accuracy Center
- Recognition Modes
- Teaching Dragon to Understand You Better
- Personalizing your Dragon Vocabulary
- About personalizing your Vocabulary
- Adding words or phrases to your Vocabulary
- Using punctuation with written and spoken forms
- Learning from specific documents
- Importing lists of words or phrases
- Adding words with the Spelling window
- Learn From Sent E-mails
- Adding contact names to the Vocabulary
- Deleting words
- Using the Don't Recognize That Word Command
- Managing Vocabularies
- Chapter 13: Using the Command Browser
- Chapter 14: The Dragon Glossary
- Index
Chapter 6: Revising Text
n Dragon can automatically format text and numbers as you dictate using
standard writing conventions. For information about these settings, see
the Auto-formatting dialog box.
n Dragon's Smart Format Rules appear when you correct auto-formatted
alphanumeric text using the Correction command, the Spelling window,
or the keyboard. For details, see Using Smart Format Rules and the
Auto-formatting dialog box.
Formatting numbers
You can have Dragon type your dictation as numerals. You can also change the
format of text while you are dictating it or while you are editing existing text
that you have selected.
To format dictation as numerals
Say "Start Numbers Mode"
To turn Numbers Mode off, say "Stop Numbers Mode"
Note
n You can select text that contains several numbers separated by words.
When you say one of these commands, the numbers will all reformat
without changing the text.
n Dragon can automatically format text and numbers as you dictate using
standard writing conventions. For information about these settings, see
the Auto-formatting dialog box.
n Dragon's Smart Format Rules appear when you correct auto-formatted
alphanumeric text using the Correction command, the Spelling window,
or the keyboard. For details, see Using Smart Format Rules and the
Auto-formatting dialog box.
Setting font name, size, and style
You can use commands to specify any combination of font name, size, and
style, in that order. These commands change selected text and text you
dictate from then on.
To set a font name, size, or style
Say "Set Size" or "Set Font Size" or "Format That" and the font name, size,
and/or style.
Examples:
"Set Font Times"
"Set Font Size 12 Points"
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