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Chapter 8: Customizing a User Profile
Creating the Data Distribution
Directory
You create a data distribution directory to store word lists, commands, or both, that you plan to
distribute to multiple users of Dragon NaturallySpeaking or Dragon Medical,
When word lists and commands are in the data distribution directory, as soon as a person opens
their User Profiles, Dragon automatically imports words and commands from the data distribution
directory into the User Profiles. This occurs regardless of the location of the computer the user
dictates on.
You can use the Data Distribution Tool to put words and commands into a data distribution
directory. For more information, see Starting the Data Distribution Tool.
Note: In Windows XP, the default installation of Dragon places custom words for existing Dragon
User Profiles in:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Nuance\Dragon Nat-
urallySpeaking11\custom.
See Dragon file structure for information on default locations on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Create a data distribution directory in a location other
than the default location
Repeat the following steps for each workstation that should share the distributed words or com-
mands.
1. In Dragon, close all open User Profiles.
2. On the network, create a directory and give all users that dictate with Dragon access to the direc-
tory. Grant read access to providers that dictate. Grant write access only to administrators.
3. If Dragon is running, on the DragonBar , select Tools > Administrative Settings . When the
Administrative Settings dialog box opens, proceed to Step 6.
4. If Dragon is not running, select Start > Run . When the Run dialog box opens, in the Open
text box, type the following, making sure to put a space between natspeak.exe and the /Se-
tDefaultAdministrativeOptions option:
C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking11\Program\natspeak.exe” /Se-
tDefaultAdministrativeOptions
(The quotation marks are required because Program Files contains a space. Your path might
not require quotation marks.)
5. Click OK .
6. When the AdministrativeSettings dialog box opens, if the User Profile opens automatically,
click Cancel to close the User Profile or go to the DragonBar and select Profile > Close
User Profile .
7. Click the Miscellaneous tab.
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