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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
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10
Automate Your Work
ne of the most effective features of Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
is
its ability to automate your work. Instead of typing the 50 characters
of your street address, for example, you can say “street address.” To start a
new e-mail message addressed to Jackie, just say “New message for
Jackie.” You can create custom commands like these to type text, insert
graphics, and activate menu and keystroke commands in any application.
Custom commands come in four types: Text and Graphics, Step-by-
Step, Macro Recorder, and Advanced Scripting. (Text and Graphics
commands are available in Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
Preferred and
higher editions; the other three are available only in Professional
Solutions and higher editions.)
This chapter shows you how to view, search, create, delete, rename,
export, and import commands. It goes into the most detail about Text
and Graphics commands and Step-by-Step commands. For more
information about all four types of custom commands, see the Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
online Help.
Text and Graphics commands
Text and Graphics commands enter text and graphics of your choosing.
They are useful for such tasks as entering addresses, typing boilerplate
passages, entering a signature graphic or company logo, and many other
routine tasks. Text and Graphics commands are the easiest type of
custom command to create, and many Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
users
will not need to use any other type of custom command.
Step-by-Step commands
Step-by-Step commands let you activate menu and keystroke
commands to control your application. You create this type of command
by showing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
each step you want the
command to do. Each step of a command can type text, press a keyboard
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