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Step 3: Say import custom words, or use the DragonBar’s Vocabulary menu to pick “Import list of words or

phrases.”

Step 4: On the resulting dialog box, click

the Add File button.

The Add File window appears. Locate the

file containing your list and click Open; the

name of the file you designated is now

displayed in the File List.

If you have other lists to import, add their

files in the same way.

Step 5: Click Next. The software will

import the listed items into the

Vocabulary.

The imported entries will be viewable in the Vocabulary Editor, where a red plus-sign appears next to them (like

for entries that were added by means other than an import list).

From the Vocabulary menu, you can also export all custom-added words into one txt file. This is useful for safe-

keeping or for import in other user profiles.

Note:

 In Dragon’s edition Professional and above, you can choose .xml as an export format so that Word

Properties will be captured.

 For the file that results from the export in Dragon 11, 12, or 13, there are two items of note: a first line (the

header @Version=Plato) is added automatically and spoken forms, if any, are separated by two

backslashes instead of one. If you want to import such as file (as opposed to importing a file you made

yourself), do not remove the header line and do not replace “\\” with “\”.

 Exported word lists do not include trained pronunciations.

Key points about importing Vocabulary lists:

 If your edition allows it, you can add whole lists of Vocabulary entries at once. Prepare the list(s), then

open Dragon’s list import dialog (you can say import words, or choose from the Accuracy Center or the

DragonBar’s Vocabulary menu).

 Word lists must be saved as plain text, and closed, before they can be imported.

 Each word list entry must be on its own line.

 To specify a spoken form in a word list, use a backslash (\) to separate it from the written form.

 You can also export all custom-added words into one file (in .txt or .xml format). This is useful for safe-

keeping or for import in other user profiles.