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Dragon Installation and User Guide
equalto"ontheAuto-FormattingOptionsdialogbox.
n Ifyouusethe"DatesAsSpoken"setting,DragonNaturallySpeakingneedsyouto
dictatedatesinanunambiguousway,usingthenameandnotthedigitforthe
month.Forexample,with"DatesAsSpoken"selected,Dragonwillcorrectlyformat
"Januaryeleventwothousandnine"and"theseventhofFebruarytwothousand
four"usingdateformats,butwillformat"elevenonetwothousandnine"asa
number.
Ifyoudictatedatesdifferently,forexampleyouusedigitstosaythemonth,try
selectingthevaluethatbestmatcheshowyoudictatethedate.Forexample,ifyou
normallysay"elevenonetwothousandnine",settingthedateformatto
"D/M/YYYY"willcauseDragontocorrectlytranscribethedate.
n Ifyouomittheyear,forexample,yousay"Julytwelve",DragonNaturallySpeaking
transcribes"July12"("ThetwelfthofJuly"becomes"12July")regardlessofwhich
dateformattingyouselect.
Auto-formattingcommonabbreviations
EnablesDragonNaturallySpeakingtorecognizemoststandardabbreviationswhile
transcribingyourdictation.Forexample,Dragonwouldrewrite"versus"as"vs.","Institute"
as"Inst.",and"Department"as"Dept."Formoreinformationaboutdictating
abbreviations,seeDictatingabbreviationsandacronyms.
Auto-formattingcontractions
EnablethisoptionifyouwantDragontoexpandcontractionswhenyoudictatethem.For
example,ifyousay"Don'tgonearthewater",DragonNaturallySpeakingtranscribes"Do
notgonearthewater".
Ifyouleavethisoptionturnedoff,DragonNaturallySpeakingenterscontractionstheway
youdictatethem.
Note:Insomesituations,theformalexpressionofacontractionmaybeambiguous.For
example,thephrase"It'salways"couldeithermean"Itisalways"or"Ithasalways,"
dependingonthetenseoftheverbthatfollows.Inthissituation,Dragon
NaturallySpeakingalwaysexpandsthecontraction,regardlessofhowthisoptionisset.
Auto-formatting“millioninsteadof,000,000
EnablethisoptiontohaveDragonentertheword"million"ratherthanzerosandcommas
(",000,000")whenyoudictateroundnumbersinthemillions.Forexample,Dragonenters
"8million"ratherthan"8,000,000."
Ifanumberinthemillionsrangeisnotroundedtothenearestmillion,Dragonentersthe
numberasdigits.Forexample,ifyoudictate"eightmilliononehundredthousand"Dragon
enters"8,100,000".
Auto-formattingnumbers,ifgreaterthanorequalto
Entersnumbersasnumeralsiftheyareequaltoorgreaterthanthevalueshowninthe
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