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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
Get started
New to Dragon? Read these topics to learn the basics about Dragon's features and user interface.
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Using the Dragon menu
l How do I access Dragon's features through the Dragon menu?
The Status Window
l What can I do with the Status Window?
l How do I show or hide the Status Window?
The Guidance window
l How do I show or hide the Guidance window?
l What information is offered in the Guidance window?
Recognition modes
l What are recognition modes?
l How can I tell what recognition mode I'm in?
l How do I switch modes?
Using profiles and dictation
sources
l What is a profile?
l What is a dictation source?
l How do I switch to a different profile or dictation source?
l How do I create a new profile or dictation source?
l How do I delete a profile or dictation source?
Using DragonPad
l What is DragonPad?
l How do I dictate with DragonPad?
Dragon Anywhere
l What is Dragon Anywhere?
l How do I link to my Dragon Anywhere account?
FAQs
l Frequently Asked Questions about Dragon Professional Individual for
Mac version 6
What's New?
l What's new in Dragon Professional Individual for Mac version 6?
Using the Dragon menu
The Dragon menu gives you access to everything you need to use Dragon. To access the menu, click the icon in
your menu bar.
Select a feature in the Dragon menu to access it, or click a link below to find out more about each feature.
Turn Microphone On / Off—Toggle the microphone on or off
Switch to Transcription / Dictation…—Change to Transcription mode or back to Dictation mode
Show / Hide Status Window—Toggle the Status window
Show / Hide Commands…—Toggle the Commands window
Show / Hide Guidance—Toggle the Guidance window
Edit Vocabulary…—Access the Vocabulary Editor
Add New Auto-text…—Create an Auto-text command to insert frequently used text, such as an address.
Recent Profiles—Choose between recently used profiles and dictation sources. The currently selected
profile is shown with a check mark beside it.
Manage Profiles…—Opens the Profiles pane of the Preferences window
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