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Exercise 3: Dictate a detailed paragraph about people you know. Then select it and play it back. If you find

any misrecognitions, use the Correction button, hotkey, or commands to correct them.

Note: As you use Dragon more, experiment with how to correct, and when to correct. (We recommend finishing

at least your current paragraph before making a correction, so that you preserve your train of thought.) Notice

what seems more convenient and efficient for you.

Smart Format Rules

When you make a correction related to formatting, such as abbreviations, titles, units of measure, or alternate

written forms, Dragon may display its Smart Format Rules box, offering to change one of its Auto-Formatting

options or Word Property settings. You can then either accept one of the adjustments offered, or dismiss the

box.

If you wish to, you can change settings yourself from the Auto-Formatting Options dialog box or the Vocabulary

Editor, as in previous versions. The Smart Format Rules feature simply "reaches out" to you, making it quick and

easy for you to adjust the settings you care about.

For example: When you dictate “five kilograms,” Dragon writes “5 kg” and if you then change “kilograms” to

“kg” (by overtyping, or using the Correction menu or Spelling window) Dragon presents the Smart Format Rules

box pictured here.

Take a moment to read what the box offers. Then, if you want one of the proposed adjustments to be made,

say “choose” followed by the desired number.

If you don’t want any of the choices proposed, you can say “cancel” or just move on to whatever you would

have done if the box had not come up.