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CHAPTER 4
Correcting and Editing
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide 51
Keyboard editing shortcuts
If you prefer to edit by typing, you can speed up your work by using
keyboard shortcuts. These shortcuts are not specific to Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
—they are built-in and work in almost any Windows
®
program. These shortcuts can dramatically slash the time and keystrokes
you spend editing. Take the time to learn them—ten minutes spent
practicing with these keys can save you many hours in editing.
PRESS THESE KEYS TO DO THIS
CTRL
Hold down the CTRL key to move
by jumps, instead of one character
at a time
CTRL+LEFT (Left Arrow key)
CTRL+RIGHT (Right Arrow key)
Move insertion point by one word
at a time
CTRL+UP (Up Arrow key)
CTRL+DOWN (Down Arrow key)
Move insertion point by one
paragraph at a time
CTRL+BACKSPACE
Delete word to the left of insertion
point
CTRL+DELETE
Delete word to the right of insertion
point
SHIFT
Hold down the SHIFT key to select
as you move
SHIFT+LEFT, SHIFT+RIGHT Select one character at a time
SHIFT+UP, SHIFT+DOWN Select one line at a time
CTRL+SHIFT Hold down the CTRL and SHIFT
keys together to select one word or
paragraph at a time
CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT
CTRL
+SHIFT+RIGHT
Select one word at a time
CTRL+SHIFT+UP
CTRL
+SHIFT+DOWN
Select one paragraph at a time
BACKSPACE Delete left
DELETE Delete right
HOME Skip to start of line
END Skip to end of line
SHIFT+HOME Select to start of line