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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
The alternative you are editing is now the "target" for dictation and commands. You can edit
using Dictation mode or Spelling mode, or use your keyboard to type in edits to Correction
alternatives.
2. Say "Choose <number>" (choose whichever alternative you edited) when you are done.
l To exit Correction without making a change, say "Cancel correction" or "Cancel edit."
When you choose a correction, Dragon modifies its speech model and saves this information into your profile.
Smart Formatting
After some types of corrections, Dragon's smart formatting feature may ask how you want to automatically format this
text in the future.
For example, if you dictate "kilograms," Dragon will write "kg" if the default Auto format settings are selected.
1. To write out the word "kilogram," say "Correct kilograms."
The Correction window offers a list of options similar to the one below.
2. Say "Choose 2" to select "kilograms."
The Smart Format Rules window appears, asking whether you want Dragon to write out the word "kilograms"
every time you say "kilograms."
3. To change the Auto Format rule, say "Choose <number>" (in this case, "Choose 1").
If you don't want to change the formatting rules – in this case, if you normally want Dragon to write "kg" when
you say "kilogram" – simply resume dictating text, and the Smart Format Rules window will close.
Smart formatting rules are turned on by default when you install Dragon, but you can turn them off in the
Advanced Preferences pane.
Related topics:
l Correcting recognition errors
l The Guidance window
l Correction options:
l Auto Formatting
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