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Table Of Contents
Contents
Copyright iii
Chapter 1: What's New in Dragon Version 12 15
Chapter 2: Installing Dragon 23
Installation and User Profile Creation 1
Dragon system requirements 1
What you should know before installing 4
Installation Prerequisites 5
Installing Software - Typical Installation 6
Installing Software - Custom Installation 7
Modifying application settings for all users 10
Modifying formatting options for all users 11
Creating your user profile 12
Setting up, positioning, and checking your microphone 14
Training a new user profile 15
Adapting to your writing style and scheduling tuning 17
How Dragon automatically configures user profiles 19
Upgrading User Profiles 19
Version 12 File Structure 21
Accessing log files, samples, and tools 23
Activating Dragon 24
Chapter 3: Getting Started 26
About Dragon 26
Using Dragon Help 27
About dictation 28
About the Results Display 29
Using the DragonBar 31
The DragonBar 31
The Text Control Indicator 35
Displaying the DragonBar 36
Controlling the DragonBar 37
Using the Microphone 39
Choose a speech device 39
Position your microphone properly 41
Using the Dragon Sidebar 43
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