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Dragon comes with large sets of commands that let you order actions directly, and in a natural manner, instead

of going through menus, submenus, and dialog boxes: for instance, saying “Insert Page Break” in Microsoft

Word instead of opening the “Insert” menu, then choosing the submenu “Break”, then the option “Page

Break”.

Dragon’s Sidebar contains a sampling of these commands (depending on what application is currently active,

and what edition of Dragon you have.) As you will notice, Dragon’s command names tend to describe the

action, starting with the verb, then the object; since Dragon has so many commands, with many possible

wordings, that you can try saying what you want to do -- and if you get unexpected results, say "Undo That".

To read about the commands for a specific application, open the Help (you can say give me help or •

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show Help topics), or launch a Help search directly with a command such as “search Dragon Help for

Internet Explorer commands.” You can also jump to relevant Help topics directly from the Sidebar’s

hyperlinks.

To see all the commands and their variations (optional words, alternate words, etc.), open the •

Command Browser and use its Context list and Filter box to display just the commands that contain a

particular word or words and are active in a particular application. When you see in the list a command

that looks interesting, make sure it’s highlighted in the list then use the links on the Command

Browser’s menu to expose its full wordings (for instance, to include all optional words or to expand

ellipses.)

IMPORTANT

: If it detected that your computer’s resources would not allow it to perform with both speed

and accuracy, Dragon may have disabled its Natural Language Command sets for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and

WordPerfect. If speed is not a priority for you, and you wish to use Natural Language Commands in one or all

of these applications, enable them via the Option dialog’s Commands tab. (See the Natural Language

Commands button near the bottom.)

If you enable the Natural Language Commands for Microsoft Word, for instance, Dragon’s speed may decrease

within Microsoft Word (or Microsoft Outlook using Word as its editor).

“Voice-Pressing” Keys

At times, you may wish to press a key or two on your keyboard; you can use Dragon to “voice-press” them.

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Common accelerator keys for Windows operating systems include: Esc to close a window, Enter to active

the item which has the focus, Tab to move the focus forward, and Shift+Tab to move the focus backward. Most

buttons, menus and checkboxes have an underlined letter in their label: you can activate them by pressing the

underlined letter (if underlines are not visible, press Alt first.) For accelerator keys specific to a particular

application, search the application’s Help or the Internet.

Dragon lets you “voice-type” any key on your keyboard. Just say press or type followed by the name of the

key(s): any letter or number, but also Page Up, Home, Enter, Tab, Caps Lock, F2, Control, Alt, Shift...

For instance:

Say press spacebar to select or unselect a checkbox.

Say press F5 or press Function 5 to refresh the view.

Say press Alt e to “click” a button labeled with an underlined ‘e’.

Say press Control f to open the Find dialog box in most applications.

Say press Escape to “escape” out of a window.