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Formatting Text by Voice

Whether text was originally dictated or typed, Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets you use your voice to control font

(Arial, Courier…), font style (bold, underline…), font size, alignment (center, right-align…), color, and more.

Note: In order to preserve your train of thought, it’s a good idea to prioritize dictation over formatting: first dictate

your document (or at least finish dictating your paragraph, list, or idea), then revise your words if needed, and only

then apply formatting.

The "X that" convention

Dragon has many commands to tell the computer to perform a certain action on a certain item. Many are phrased

as "X that", with X being a verb for the desired action: for instance, italicize that and delete that.

Remember, for commands to be recognized, you must pause before and after the command but not within it.

When Dragon hears an "X that" command, it decides what “that” is as follows:

1) If anything on the screen is highlighted (whether by voice or by hand), Dragon performs the action on that

selection. (It can be one or more characters or words.)

2) If nothing is highlighted, Dragon performs the action on whatever you dictated since you last paused—in

n other words, the contents of the Results box, the last utterance.

Note: In Dragon’s commands, you can say “the selection” instead of “that”—as well as “it” or “this.”

Dragon's "X that" editing commands include:

Cap That – capitalizes the first letter of words, e.g. Water Management

(Dragon also has “capitalize <xyz>” as seen in the section on direct editing commands)

ALL CAPS THAT – capitalizes all letters, e.g. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

no caps that – puts in lowercase all words, e.g. american express

delete that (Dragon also has “delete <xyz>” as seen in the section on direct editing)

TIP To delete your few last utterances, you can repeat scratch that or specify a number of times (for

instance, scratch that 5 times) but the command “resume with…” can be most efficient.

bold that, italicize that, underline that (Dragon also has “<verb> <xyz>”)

restore that – removes all bold/italics/underline formatting from the segment

left-align that, right-align that, center that, justify that

copy that and cut that (you can also use the direct editing commands “<verb> <xyz>”)

paste that

hyphenate that – puts hyphens in the spaces within the segment

compound that – removes spaces between words in the segment

bullet/unbullet that (make sure you are familiar with how your particular application handles bullets)

quote that - puts quotation marks around the selection or last utterance

bracket that (note: in UK English, this inserts rounded characters, not square brackets)