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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
Related topics: 33
Using profiles and dictation sources 33
About profiles and dictation sources 33
Switching profiles and dictation sources 33
Missing dictation sources 34
Working with profiles and dictation sources 34
To add a profile 34
To add a dictation source to an existing profile 35
To change the default dictation source 35
To change the Auto Formatting settings for a profile 35
To delete a profile and dictation sources 35
Related topics: 35
Using DragonPad 35
To dictate and transfer text 36
Closing DragonPad 36
Related topics: 36
FAQs 36
About Dragon Professional Individual for Mac 37
I just installed Dragon. Where did it go? 37
Do I need a unique profile for each user? 37
How can I tell what mode Dragon is in? 37
Why isn't there any punctuation in my dictated text? 37
Recognition 37
I'm not happy with the recognition. What can I do? 37
Dragon entered text into my document when I was trying to dictate a command. Why? 38
How can I make Dragon recognize my name correctly? 38
Accessibility 38
I have color blindness. How can I tell what mode the microphone is in? 38
I have difficulty using a mouse. How can Dragon help me navigate my Mac? 38
Related topics: 39
What's New? 39
Faster and more accurate than ever 39
Formatting and other recognition improvements, for minimal editing 39
Improved set up 40
Improved user interface and experience 40
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