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Supported Not supported*
TextEdit
*This list is a selection of common applications Dragon is not able to support. Check the Guidance window for
information about an application before attempting to mix dictation and typing.
About the cache
If you mix typing and dictating in an unsupported application, Dragon will lose track of where the cursor is, causing
unpredictable behavior. If this happens, say "Cache document." This command tells Dragon to read the whole
document's contents. When it does this, several things happen:
1. Dragon forgets what it entered in this document.
2. Dragon throws away its recordings of your voice, so using Correction on existing text is no longer possible.
3. Dragon reads all of the document's text from scratch. This means Dragon knows exactly what text the
document contains.
Related topics:
l Dictation overview
l Using Correction
l Navigating within a document
l Revising text
Dictation overview
In this topic, learn how to dictate:
l Line and paragraph breaks
l Punctuation
l Quotes
l Bullets
l Email and Web addresses
l Proper nouns
l Hyphenated words
l Compound words
l Abbreviations
l Acronyms
Start using Dragon to dictate text into most applications in just three steps.
1. Open the application you want to use.
2. Click inside the window or field where you want to place your dictated text.
3. Turn on your microphone and speak!
In general, you can dictate text the same way you would speak, but with punctuation added. Below are examples of
some common types of special text, and how to dictate them.
Text Type Examples
Paragraph and line breaks
To add line or paragraph breaks to your document, say one of the
following:
l "New line"
l "New paragraph"
l "Click Enter / Return"
Example
Say: "Hi Mark comma new paragraph It
was good to see you today period."
Result: Hi Mark,
It was good to see you today.
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