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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
Navigating application windows
These commands are universally available to navigate between windows in your open applications.
To open a new file or window
l Say "New file" to open a new file or window in the current application.
l Say "Open file" to access the Open File dialog in the current application.
To close the current file or window
l Say "Close file" or "Close window."
To switch between windows or applications
l Say "Next / Previous application window" to switch to the next or previous open window in the current
application.
l Say "Switch to next / previous application" to switch to the next or previous open application.
To hide or show windows or applications
l Say "Minimize this window" to minimize the current window.
l Say "Show / Hide this application" to show or hide all windows in the active application.
l Say "Hide other applications" to hide all but the current application.
l Say "Show / Hide all applications" to show or hide all currently running applications.
Related topics:
l Launching and quitting applications
l Menu Walking
l Working with the Finder
l Navigating within a document
OS X controls
These commands access OS X functions from any application.
To put your computer in sleep mode
l Say "Put computer to sleep."
l Say "Special sleep" to force the computer to go to sleep.
To restart your computer
l Say "Restart the computer."
l Say "Special Restart" to force the computer to restart without waiting for other tasks to
complete.
To quit unresponsive applications
l Say "Access Force Quit."
To toggle full screen mode
l Say "Switch to full screen" to view the current window in full screen mode.
l Say "Exit full screen" to exit full screen mode.
To capture images of your screen
l Say "Capture screen" to create a screenshot of your entire screen and save it to your
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