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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
3. Click the appropriate button:
l Click Serial Number if you have a purchased a perpetual Dragon Professional Individual for Mac 6
license.
The Serial Number screen appears.
l Click Nuance Account if you have purchased a subscription for Dragon Professional Individual for
Mac.
The Nuance Account screen appears.
4. Enter the required information.
5. Click Activate Now (for serial numbers)
Or
Click Sign In (for subscription accounts)
To register your copy of Dragon Professional Individual for Mac
After activating your Dragon Professional Individual for Mac license, Dragon prompts you to register your product. If
you choose to skip registration, you can access it at any time by clicking the icon in the menu bar and selecting
Help > Register for Support.
1. Choose New or Existing Nuance Customer, then click Continue.
2. Enter your email address, a password, and your first and last name.
Your password can be up to 12 characters, and should not contain punctuation or symbols.
3. Click Continue to move to the next screen.
4. Enter your company name, street address, city, state, postal or Zip code, country and phone number.
You must select a country from the dropdown list: the other fields are optional.
5. Click Continue.
On the next screen, Dragon confirms the Model, Memory, and Processor Speed and Cores for your Mac.
6. Select Yes to allow Dragon to collect this information for technical support purposes, or No to prevent it. Then
click Continue.
7. Complete the survey (optional), and check which products you want to receive news and offers about. Then
click Complete Registration.
To deactivate your Dragon Professional Individual for Mac license
1. Click the icon in the menu bar and select Help > Deactivate.
A confirmation dialog appears.
2. Click OK to confirm deactivation.
Your license number or login information are removed, and Dragon quits.
Related topics:
l Microphone placement
l Getting started with dictation
l Using profiles and dictation sources
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