11.5

Before your profile opens — caution with desktop icons

The last screen of the Profile Creation Wizard contains a link to the Help article about changes between this

and previous versions (condensed in the What’s New section of this workbook).

IMPORTANT: By default, the Dragon Sidebar (a thin resizable window that presents commands and tips)

is set to open automatically, docked to the right, when a user profile opens. If you typically keep desktop items

on the right side of your screen, the Sidebar may move them, like other Windows sidebars would. For this

reason, you may wish to rearrange your desktop items before the Sidebar opens, or set your desktop to Auto-

arrange. (See the Sidebar’s Help. Its right-click menu includes Floating and Auto-Hide.) The automatic

opening of the Sidebar can be disabled from the Miscellaneous tab of Dragon’s Options dialog (screenshot

below).

Now that your profile is created, we encourage you to explore Dragon’s options so you can choose the settings

that suit your needs and preferences, including setting Dragon’s hotkeys to keys other than the numeric

keypad. As you progress through this workbook’s lessons, you will be introduced to the options that most users

should consider, in order to use Dragon as conveniently and efficiently as possible. Below are two of them: the

Natural Language Commands built in for specific applications (depending on the edition), and the Speed-

versus-Accuracy slider.