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Chapter 12: Moving around in a document
To select characters and words
Say Thensay Thensay
"Select" "Next" "Character"
"Forward" "<1-20>Characters"
"Previous" "Word"
"Back" "<1-20>Words"
"Last"
Notes
n Whenyouusethe"select"or"correct"commandtoselectanypartofahyphenated
wordorahyphen,Dragonselectstheentirehyphenation.Forexample,inthe
hyphenatedword"brother-in-law"ifyousay"correctbrother"becauseyouonlyneed
tochangethat,Dragonselects"brother-in-law."
n Youcanselectpunctuationmarksbyvoice.Forexample,youcansay"Select
comma."
n Bydefault,whenyouselectawordorphrase,DragonNaturallySpeakingdisplaysthe
Correctionmenu,whichyoucanusetocorrectrecognitionerrors.Youcanturnthis
featureoffbyclearing(deselecting)the"SelectcommandbringupCorrectionmenu"
optionsontheCorrectiontaboftheOptionsdialogbox.
n Commandsthatdeletebywordsorparagraphsmaynotalwayshavetheexpected
effectsinprogramsthatdonotusethesameshortcutkeysasWordPad(onwhichthe
wordprocessingfeaturesofDragonNaturallySpeakingarebased).Forexample,in
WindowsNotepad,theparagraphcommandsdon'tworkbecauseNotepaddoesnot
recognizeaparagraphandinMicrosoftExcel,thesecommandsonlyworkinthe
FormulaBareditfield.
Selecting specific words or phrases
Usethefollowingprocedurestoselectaspecificwordorphrase:
To select specific words
Say"Select<text>,"where<text>isthewordorphraseyouwanttoselect.Thetextmust
bevisibleonthescreenforyoutoselectit.
Examples
Toselectthewords"WhiteHouse"or"begantofeel,"say:
"SelectWhiteHouse"
"Selectbegantofeel"
To select a phrase or range of words
Say"Select<text>Through<text>,"where<text>isawordorphraseatthebeginning
andattheendoftherangeyouwanttoselect.Thetextmustbeinviewonthescreen.
Note:OutsidetheUSAorCanada,say"Select<text>To<text>."
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