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Remember in particular the possibility of unintended recognition of cut <xyz> and delete <xyz>, especially if

you dictate without looking at the screen. If you prefer to avoid this risk, disable these commands by clearing

their checkbox on the Commands tab of Dragon’s Options dialog.

Full Text Control, “unknown” text fields and the Dictation Box

Commands such as ‘correct <xyz>’ and ‘insert after <xyz>’ (where <xyz> is a word or phrase in the active

text field) work thanks to a Dragon functionality called Full Text Control (formerly “Select-and-Say”). This

functionality requires the text field to let Dragon be aware of its content—such as where words and sentences

begin and end.

Many popular applications build their text fields (or at least most of their fields) in a standard way, and as a

result Dragon always has Full Text Control in these fields. However, you may sometimes encounter a text field

for which Dragon cannot have awareness—and therefore Dragon cannot always apply all its normal capabilities.

(For instance, it may not capitalize the first word you dictate in that field.) You may not notice anything

unusual if you just dictate a flow of words, especially if you start with a word that is always capitalized, such

as a name or the subject pronoun “I”. However, if you take actions on the text (such as correcting a

misrecognition or inserting text within a sentence), Dragon may not be able to execute its “<verb> <xyz>”

commands or apply spacing as it usually does.

When the insertion point is in such a “non-standard” text field, the DragonBar displays a special message and

its Full Text Control indicator is dimmed.

Even in “unknown” text fields, one can use Dragon efficiently, knowing the following:

1. If dictating short entries, you may want to just apply what does work in all text fields: dictate normally

and, if necessary, say ‘spacebar’ (or press the spacebar), say ‘cap’ before a word to force its capitalization

(you can also address capitalization after the fact, using the commands “cap that” or “capitalize <xyz>”),

say ‘move <left|right|up|down>’ commands or reposition the insertion point by hand, etc.

2. If you want to dictate something substantial, consider using Dragon’s Dictation Box, an intermediary

window containing a text field in which you can create, modify, and correct text as usual, with Full Text

Control. (If your edition supports them, you can even use boilerplate custom commands to paste text.)