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The Online Help and Performance Assistant

The DragonBar’s Help menu gives you access to the on-screen Help topics and the Performance Assistant (as

well as the Accuracy Assistant, the Sample Commands window, and the Tutorial.) You can also access the Help

by saying give me help at any time; try it soon!

You can browse the Help topics, or search for specific keywords—for instance, entering the word “punctuation”

brings up topics including “Dictating punctuation and symbols” and “Selecting characters and words.” You can

also print topics of your choice.

IMPORTANT: Dragon also provides contextual help: the Help button on the program’s dialog boxes takes

you directly to the relevant topic in the Help.

The Sample Commands window: “What Can I Say”

At any time, you can ask Dragon to display a sample of the commands you might use.

When a popular application such as Microsoft Word or Excel is active, this window will show commands

designed for that application. Otherwise, it will show a list of global commands — commands you can use no

matter what application is currently active.

Step 1: Say open Sample Commands, or what can I say or, on the DragonBar, click H

elp > Sample Commands.

Step 2: A narrow window opens, displaying some of the commands available in the current context, as well as

instructions. You can access the links and tabs by clicking them or saying their name.

TIP To see additional commands, you can use the Help as well as the Command Browser, which is accessible

via the Tools menu or commands such as Open Command Browser.