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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
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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6
Numbers and
Punctuation
his chapter describes how to dictate numbers, punctuation, Web
addresses, and a few other special items.
If DragonNaturallySpeaking
®
is not formatting a word as you would like, you
can change the formatting properties of the word by using the Word Properties dialog
box. See “Changing word properties” on page 176.
Dictating numbers
To dictate a number, just say it. Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
will type
either the number (“5”) or the word (“five”), usually determining this
choice from the context. To force Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
to type a
number instead of a word (for numbers 0 to 9), say “numeral” plus the
number (“numeral 2”). This is especially useful when dictating the
numbers 2 and 4, which are sometimes mistaken for the words “to” and
“for” unless you say “numeral 2” and “numeral 4.”
If you want to dictate only numbers, you can switch to “Numbers Mode.” See
“Modes” on page 82 for more information.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
adds commas to numbers of five digits or
more (such as 21,469), but not to four-digit numbers (2146). To add a
comma to a four-digit number, say “comma” where you want the comma.
See the table below for examples. For a decimal point, just say “point.” If
you dictate a US ZIP code, Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
knows not to
add a comma and formats the ZIP code correctly.
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NOTE
TIP