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Optional: If desired, format the text entered in the Content field: you can use the buttons (bold, left-

align, center…) below it. Clicking the Aa button opens the Font window, where you can choose the

desired font style, size, color, etc.

IMPORTANT

: In cases where you want the content to match the formatting of what preceded it in

your document, check the Plain Text checkbox (see the bottom right of the MyCommands Editor).

Step 6: Once the command is named, edited, described, grouped, and formatted as you want it, click Save.

Let’s test your command. Say start DragonPad, then say your command’s name. (Commands you create

yourself follow the usual rule: you must pause before and after, but not in the middle!)

You may realize now that you could make your command even more convenient: for instance, by adding a

blank line before the content so your pasted content automatically starts as a new paragraph. A section below

explains how to edit a custom command.

“Cloning” Commands and Adding Name Editor Variables

Instead of making a command from scratch, you can create a new command based on the “clone” of an existing

one, by clicking New Copy on the Command Browser (or the Create New button on the Command Editor.)

In addition, the MyCommands Editor’s Name Editor allows the inclusion of <variables> in your command

names. Variable names provide flexibility (so you can use synonyms instead of just one wording) and can make

your custom commands even more useful, by letting them perform variations on the same action.

The variables can be synonyms, or they

can be different values, such as numbers

from 1 to 10.

<1to10> is one of the pre-filled lists

available through the Name Editor, but

you can also make your own (as was done

for <hq_nuance> in this lesson’s

illustrations).

See the Help for details.