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Another way to open the Help iby saying give me help. 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.

To launch a Help search at any time (no matter what is active on your screen), you can use the shortcut

command “search Help for…” naming the word(s) you wish to search for. For instance, you could say “search

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 Help for open-quote Dictation box close-quote.”

Note: Dragon also provides contextual help: from its dialog boxes, the Help button (or question-mark icon) or links

take you directly to the relevant article in the Help.

The Learning Center

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

discover and remember important tips and commands. (It can be made very thin.)

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

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

CAUTION: By default, the Learning Center is set to floating. Note that when Floating, the Learning Center

may cover part of the currently-active window. If you’d prefer to Dock it, know that doing so would move any

desktop items located under it. You may wish to rearrange those desktop items before the Learning Center

opens, or set your desktop to Auto-arrange.

Step 1: Open the Dragon Learning Center. Voice commands for this include open Dragon Learning Center,

show Dragon Learning Center, and what can I say. You can also use the DragonBar’s Help menu.

Step 2: Explore the Learning Center and adjust it to suit your preferences. You can make its font size Small,

Medium, or Large. By clicking on its border and dragging it horizontally, you can make the Learning

Center very thin.

Note: One way to access details about the Learning Center is to use its question mark icon (in the top

right corner). You can also say a search-keyword command such as search Help for Learning Center

commands.

Step 3: Practice activating the Learning Center’s tabs and accordion panels: for each, say “click” followed by its

label.

Step 4: Right-click the Dragon Learning Center. This opens its menu. Note what is available there, including

activating Auto-Hide and printing the content.

The Interactive Tutorial

Available from the DragonBar’s Help menu, the Interactive Tutorial contains short progressive simulations and

aims to make you practice important habits for efficient dictating, correcting Dragon’s errors, editing text, using the

Web and personalizing Dragon. It includes important editing-related commands such as “go back,” Dictation

Commands such as “cap,” “all caps,” and “numeral…” as well an example of modifying an entry in the Spelling

Window and accepting a Smart Format Rule. We recommend that all users take advantage of it.