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Replacing and Inserting Words

The select commands are very useful when you wish to change some of the text on your screen. As you would

with mouse or keyboard, you select the relevant segment, then you overwrite it—by dictating or typing.

For instance, if your text reads "100 Main Street" but you wish to change it to "500 Washington Street", say

select 100 Main (pause) 500 Washington.

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For larger passages, take advantage of select line, select <start> through <end>, select paragraph… The

command “resume with…” can also be very efficient as an equivalent of selecting then deleting what you have

just dictated up to a particular word; be sure to read about it in the Help and try it out.

Exercise 1: Practice “overwriting” by voice. Observe then dictate the following paragraph.

I will be in Boston for a few days next week, and would love to get together for lunch. We could meet

at your office at noon. I’ll be staying at the Madison downtown; give me a call. Talk to you soon!

Say select lunch.  You should see the word “lunch” highlighted.1)

Say an early dinner. 

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 The sentence should now read “get together for an early dinner.”

Say select noon.  You should now see the word “noon” highlighted.2)

Say six o’clock.  The sentence should now read “We could meet at your office at 6:00.”