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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
Create documents
Read these topics to learn how to create a document, dictate and revise text, and save your document.
Click: To learn about:
Working with Microsoft Word
l Creating a Microsoft Word document
l Navigating within a document
l Editing and formatting text
l Saving a document
l Printing a document
Working with TextEdit
l Creating a TextEdit document
l Navigating within a document
l Editing and formatting text
l Saving a document
l Printing a document
l Adjusting your view
Navigating within a document
l Placing the cursor
l Moving to the beginning or end of a document
Working with Microsoft Word
In this topic, learn how to use your voice to:
l Create a Word document
l Navigate within a document
l Edit and format text
l Save a document
l Print a document
The commands below are available when you are using Microsoft Word 2011 or 2016. Use the menu walking
commands to access other Word features. For example, say "Click View menu," then "Click Web Layout."
Note: You cannot dictate in tables. Add tables after you have finished dictating the main body of the
document.
Creating a document
With Word active, do one of the following:
l Say "New file" to create a new document in Word.
l Say "Open file" to access the Open dialog.
Navigating within your document
Move your cursor to a different point in your text with the standard navigation commands, such as:
l "Insert before <text>"
l "<Direction> arrow" (up, down, left or right)
l "Go to beginning / end"
See Navigating within a document for more information.
Selecting text
Use the standard commands for making a selection, such as:
l "Select <text>"
l "Select All"
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