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Replacing and inserting

The select commands are very useful when you wish to change some of the text on your screen. As you would

with mouse or keyboard, you select the relevant segment then you overwrite it by dictating or typing.

For instance, if your text reads "100 Main Street" but you wish to change it to "500 Washington Street", say select

100 Main (pause) 500 Washington.

TIP: For larger passages, take advantage of select line, select <start> through <end>, select paragraph…

The command “resume with…” can also be very efficient as an equivalent of selecting then deleting what you

have just dictated up to a particular word; be sure to read about it in the Help and try it out.

Exercise 1: Practice “overwriting” by voice. Examine then dictate the following paragraph.

I will be in the Boston area for a few days the week after next, and would love to get together for lunch.

We could meet at your office at noon. I’ll be staying at the Madison downtown.

Talk to you soon!

1) Say select lunch  The word “lunch” is now selected.

Say an early dinner  The sentence should now read “get together for an early dinner.”

2) Say select noon