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The select commands let you “highlight” editable text visible on the screen. Below are just some of them.

You can say select followed by what you wish to highlight (include punctuation as needed):

select next 2 words select let me know select comma obviously comma

Very useful for longer phrases, you can specify a range by naming its beginning and ending word(s):

select do let THROUGH convenience – "do let me know at your earliest convenience"

You can select one or more characters, words, lines or paragraphs at a time: select line, select previous 3

paragraphs, select previous 5 words, select next character…

You can also select the entire content of the field or document: select all.

You can “unselect” a selection by saying unselect that or deselect that. (Another way is to move the insertion

point with a move right command, for instance.)

TIP

As with all commands, you must say these as a continuous phrase, with a brief pause before and after.

For commands that quote words from your screen, choose your target words before you start to say the

command. Otherwise, any hesitation will cause the words of the command to be typed on the screen. (If this

happens, just say scratch that and try again, without pausing this time.)

One should always strive to dictate in complete phrases, since context helps the recognition of text. When it

comes to commands, formulating the whole phrase and dictating it without pauses isn’t just helpful, it’s

essential. The exercises below will provide plenty of practice.

Dragon lets you perform frequent editing tasks quickly: like you can quote from editable text in the commands

select <xyz> and select <start> thru <end>, you can say the verbs bold, underline, italicize as well as

capitalize, immediately followed by the desired word(s). This “Quick Voice Formatting” also applies to copy,

as well as delete and cut—these three can be disabled under Options.

IMPORTANT:

If these commands are enabled, Dragon will try to recognize as one of them any phrase

starting with one of these verbs followed by a word (or words) present in the text: e.g. “bold measures” or

“cut corners.” Since Dragon recognizes commands only if they are spoken as one flow between two pauses, this

won’t happen if the phrase is within a sentence or if one pauses within the phrase, but it could happen if the

phrase is said in isolation—for instance, if the speaker is creating a list or had just hesitated as one often does

when composing out loud. (If this does happen, one can say undo that.)

Remember in particular the possibility of unintended recognition of cut <xyz> and delete <xyz>, especially if

you dictate without looking at the screen. If you prefer to avoid this risk, disable these commands by clearing

their checkbox on the Commands tab of Dragon’s Options dialog.