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Chapter 13: Working in Programs
Working with Microsoft Word
DragonNaturallySpeakingprovidesalargenumberofNaturalLanguagecommandstouse
withdifferentversionsofMicrosoftWord.Usingthesecommands,youcanavoidthemultiple
menu-selectionandmouse-movementstepsassociatedwiththetraditionalMicrosoft
Windowsinterface.Becausethenumberofvalidcommandsissolarge,youshouldjusttry
sayingwhatyouwanttodo.Ifyougetunexpectedresults,say"UndoThat"toundothe
actionandtryadifferentwaytospeakthecommand.Alternatively,youcanopenthe
CommandBrowserortheDragonLearningCenterformoreinformation.
Youcancancelaselectionbysaying"UnselectThat,"selectingdifferenttext,ormovingthe
insertionpointtoanotherpartofthedocument.
Thefollowingtopicsdescribethenaturallanguagecommandsyoucanusetoperformsome
commontasksusingWord:
Basicdocumentcommands
Selectingtext
Formattingtext
Workingwithtables(seeDragonHelp)
UsingVoiceNotations(seeDragonHelp)
Basic document commands in Microsoft Word
UsethisprocedureasareferenceforbasicdocumentoperationsusingMicrosoftWord.
See also
n Fortextformattingandeditinghelp,seeUsingDirectEditingcommandsand
Handlingmultipletextmatches.
n UsingtheMicrosoftOfficeribbon
Creating, opening, and closing a document
To Say
Createanewdocument "CreateNewFile"or"OpenNewFile"
Openanexisting
document
1."OpenFile"
2."<file name>dot<file extension>",forexample,"MyDocument
DotDoc"
3."PressEnter"
Closeadocument "CloseFile"or"CloseDocument"
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