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Chapter 4: Upgrading Dragon
This section contains information on how to upgrade Dragon and Roaming User
Profiles, as well as how to upgrade profiles that use third-party Vocabularies. You
can update Dragon 11.x and 12.x User Profiles to Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13.
Upgrading Dragon
AnadministratorperformsthefollowingstepstoupgradeaUserProfiletoDragon
NaturallySpeaking13:
n Preparetoupgrade:
n BasedontheversionofDragonbeingupgradedfrom,determinehowto
proceed(seeWhatyoushouldknowbeforeupgradingfromaprevious
version)
n IfupgradingtoWindows7,orWindows8,seeInstallingonorupgradingto
Windows7,orWindows8
n Carryoutoneoftheseprocedures:
n UpgrademultipleUserProfiles(seeUpgradingmultipleUserProfiles)
n UpgradeRoamingUserProfiles(seeUpgradingRoamingUserProfiles)
n UpgradeUserProfileswithcustomorcustomizedvocabularies(see
UpgradingUserProfileswithCustomandCustomizedVocabularies)
AdministratorscanworkwiththeUser Profile Upgrade Wizard (seeUpgradingmultipleUser
Profiles)
See"UpgradingUserProfilestoDragonNaturallySpeaking13"inDragon-What'sNewfor
administratorsformoreinformation.
Note:IfupgradingfromDragonversion10.xorearliertoDragonNaturallySpeaking13,version
10.xorearliercustomwordsandcommandscanbere-usedinDragonNaturallySpeaking13:
1. InDragon10.xorearlier,exportthecustomwordsandcommands
2. InDragonNaturallySpeaking13,createanewUserProfile
3. InDragonNaturallySpeaking13,importthecustomwordsandcommands
SeetheDragonHelpforinformationonexportingandimportingcustomwordsandcommands.
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