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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Installing and Training
- Starting to Dictate
- Correcting and Editing
- Formatting
- Capitalizing text
- Capitalizing the first letter of the next word you dictate
- Capitalizing consecutive words
- Dictating the next word in all capital letters
- Dictating consecutive words in all capital letters
- Dictating the next word in all lowercase letters
- Dictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters
- Capitalizing (or uncapitalizing) text already in your document
- Formatting text
- Capitalizing text
- Numbers and Punctuation
- Using E-Mail and Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Using Natural Language Commands
- Available Natural Language Commands
- The Sample Commands window
- The Command Browser
- Sample Commands
- Copying, moving, cutting, pasting, and deleting command samples
- Formatting command samples
- Spelling, grammar, and printing sample command samples
- Table sample command samples
- Microsoft Excel command samples
- Microsoft Outlook sample commands
- Microsoft PowerPoint sample commands
- America Online sample commands
- Hands-Free Computing
- Starting programs
- Opening documents and folders
- Switching between open windows
- Copying text to other programs
- Opening and closing menus
- Selecting buttons, tabs, and options
- Selecting icons on the desktop
- Resizing and closing windows
- Scrolling in windows and listboxes
- Pressing keyboard keys
- Activating commands by saying key names
- Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse
- Hands-free tips
- Automate Your Work
- Workflow
- Speaking and Dictating
- Improving Accuracy
- Healthy Computing
- Using a Handheld Recorder
- Customizing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- Troubleshooting
- Commands List
- Which commands work in which programs?
- Controlling the microphone
- Controlling the DragonBar
- Controlling the DragonPad
- Adding paragraphs, lines, and spaces
- Selecting text
- Correcting text
- Deleting and undoing
- Moving around in a document
- Copying, cutting, and pasting text
- Capitalizing text
- Formatting text
- Entering numbers
- Entering punctuation and special characters
- Playing back and reading text
- Working with your desktop and windows
- E-mail commands
- Using Lotus Notes
- Using Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Working hands-free
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Which commands work in which programs?
- Index
CHAPTER 8
Using Natural Language Commands
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
100
You can also create your own custom commands in Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
to help you work more efficiently. See “Automate Your Work” on page 125.
Sample Commands
Listed below are a sample of commands that Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
will recognize. Some commands will not work in
some applications, depending on the features of the application. For
example, “Insert Table” will work in Microsoft
®
Word but not in America
Online
®
.
Commands for Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer
®
are covered in “Using E-Mail
and Microsoft Internet Explorer” on page 85.
Copying, moving, cutting, pasting,
and deleting command samples
■ “Select Next 10 Paragraphs”
■ “Cut Selection”
■ “Copy This Page”
■ “Delete Next Paragraph”
■ “Move Next 5 Lines to Top of Document”
■ “Move Next 4 Sentences Down 3 Paragraphs”
■ “Move Up 5 Pages”
■ “Go to Last Page”
■ “Go to Top of Document”
■ “Delete the Previous 2 Sentences”
There are many variations on these commands as well:
■ Possible actions include Select, Cut, Copy, Move, Delete, and
Paste.
■ Items to act on include Characters, Words, Lines, Sentences,
Paragraphs, Pages, and Table Cells.
■ Numbers in these commands can be 1 to 20.
Formatting command samples
■ “Make This Paragraph Times Italics”
■ “Format That Bold”
TIP
NOTE