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Table Of Contents
- Dragon Professional for Mac User Guide
- Get started
- Using the Dragon menu
- The Status Window
- The Guidance window
- Recognition modes
- Preferences window
- Using profiles and dictation sources
- Using DragonPad
- FAQs
- What's New?
- Upgrading from Dragon Dictate 4 or Dragon for Mac 5: FAQ
- Activate and Register
- Use the microphone
- Dictate text
- Getting started with dictation
- Mixing dictation with typing
- Dictation overview
- Take it back
- Dictating punctuation and symbols
- Dictating letters
- Dictating numbers
- Correct mistakes
- Edit text
- Format text
- Auto Formatting
- To open the Auto Formatting window:
- Street Addresses
- UK and Canadian postcodes
- Web and email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Abbreviated titles
- Dates
- Times
- Use numerals starting with
- Partially format -illion numbers
- Prices and currencies
- ISO currency codes
- Units of measure
- Social Security Numbers
- All other numbers
- Common abbreviations
- Expand contractions
- Insert two spaces after period
- Allow pauses in formatted phrases
- Formatting
- Capitalization
- Spacing
- Aligning text
- Auto Formatting
- Transcription
- Control your computer
- Launching and quitting applications
- Navigating application windows
- OS X controls
- Working with the Finder
- Using dialog controls
- Key commands
- Menu Walking
- Mouse commands
- MouseGrid
- Create documents
- Working with Microsoft Word
- Working with TextEdit
- Navigating within a document
- To move the cursor to the first or last position in the current document
- To move the cursor a specified number of words from its current position
- To insert the cursor before a specified word or phrase
- To move the cursor to its previous position
- To move the cursor up, down, left or right
- To move the cursor to a new text field
- Related topics:
- Use applications
- Working with Mail
- Working with TextEdit
- Working with Microsoft Word
- Working with Safari
- Working with Firefox
- Working with Calendar
- Working with Messages
- Browse the web
- Dragon Web Extensions
- Installing Dragon Web Extensions
- Upgrading Dragon Web Extensions
- Setting up Dragon Web Extensions—Safari
- Setting up Dragon Web Extensions—Firefox
- Using Dragon Web Extensions to access links and other Web controls
- Disabling or Uninstalling Dragon Web Extensions—Firefox
- Disabling or Uninstalling Dragon Web Extensions—Safari
- Working with Safari
- Working with Firefox
- Posting to Facebook and Twitter
- Dragon Web Extensions
- Make Dragon more accurate
- Use email
- Working with email
- Working with Mail
- Working with webmail
- AutoTexts
- Manage Dragon Commands
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting overview
- Troubleshooting audio and recognition
- Troubleshooting Dragon Web Extensions
- Troubleshooting Commands
- Troubleshooting Vocabulary
- Issues with Upgraded Profiles
- Uninstall Dragon Professional Individual for Mac version 6
Application Supports dictating and typing? Built-in commands included with Dragon?
typing for more information.
Microsoft
Outlook
Yes. No.
Use menu walking commands to access
Outlook's menus. For example, say "Click
Message menu," then "Click Reply."
See Menu Walking for more information.
Gmail
(accessed
with Firefox)
Yes. Yes. Install Dragon Web Extensions for Firefox
to use these commands.
See Using Gmail for more information.
Other email applications
You can use global commands such as menu walking in any application. However, Dragon may not offer correction
and editing by voice in some applications. Check the Guidance window to see what Dragon can do in your current
application. If you do not see the Guidance window, say "Show Guidance." See Mixing dictation with typing for more
information.
Related topics:
l Working with Mail
l Working with webmail
l Navigating application windows
l Launching and quitting applications
Working with Mail
In this topic, learn how to use your voice to:
l Create new messages in Mail
l Navigate message text
l Edit and format text
l Send a message
l View messages and threads
l Print a message
l Sort and label messages
l Search your mail
l Navigate Mailboxes
The commands below are available when you are using Apple Mail. Use the menu walking commands to access other
Mail features. For example, say "Click Message menu," then "Click Add Sender to Contacts."
Remember, in some applications, it's better not to use your mouse and keyboard while dictating text. See
Mixing dictation with typing for more information, including a list of currently supported applications.
Creating a new message
l Say "New message" to compose a new message from scratch.
To reply to the selected message
Say one of the following:
l "Reply to this message"
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