11.5

You can use the Help window’s Table of Contents, Index, and Search tabs. For instance, entering the word

“punctuation” in the Search field brings up topics including “Dictating punctuation and symbols” and “Selecting

characters and words.” Note: like in search engines, you can indicate phrases by putting quotation marks

around them.

From the Help window, you can also print articles of your choice or mark them as favorites.

TIP: To launch a Help search at any time, you can use the shortcut command “search Dragon Help for…”

naming the word(s) you wish to search for in the Help. For instance, you could say “search Dragon Help for

Firefox”. Note that the search keywords you name in this command will be considered individually unless you

put them in quotes: for instance, “Search Dragon Help for open-quote Dictation box close-quote.”

Dragon also provides contextual help: from its dialog boxes, the Help button or links take you directly to the

relevant article in the Help.

The Dragon Sidebar: “What Can I Say”

At any time, you can ask Dragon to display its Sidebar, a resizable vertical window meant to help users discover

and remember important tips and commands. (In version 11.5, it can be made very thin.)

If a major application such as Microsoft Word is active, the Sidebar’s first tab will show commands for that

application. Otherwise, it will show a list of commands that are not specific to one application.

The Sidebar also contains a hideable tab for mouse commands (dragging, clicking, etc.), as well as a tab for

custom-created commands (a feature of the higher editions). In addition, in its top right corner are icons to

open important resources: the Command Browser, Vocabulary Editor, Options dialog, and Help.

CAUTION: By default, the Dragon Sidebar is set to open automatically when your user profile opens, and is

docked to the right. If you typically keep many desktop items on the right side of your screen, the Sidebar may

move them, as other Windows sidebars would. You may wish to rearrange those desktop items before the

Sidebar opens, or set your desktop to Auto-arrange.

The illustrations in this chapter show the Sidebar in various widths, its right-click menu (including the monitor

switch for those who have two monitors) and its Mouse tab alongside one of its linked Help articles.