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109WindowsMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
mands;youshouldnevertypeinaNotePadwindow(andif youdo,yourtyping
comesoutbackwards).
ANotePadwindowisthefastest
andmostreliableplacetodictate.
MacSpeechDictateletsyoudictateintoanyapplication,butaNotePadwindowis
theeasiestplacetodictate,becauseitisdesignedforthispurpose.Acommontech-
niqueistodictateintoaNotePadwindowandthencopyandpasteintoanother
application.
Anotherbigadvantageof aNotePadwindowisthatMacSpeechDictatecan
actually“see”what’sinit;MacSpeechDictatealwaysknowswhatthecontents
of aNotePadwindoware.MacSpeechDictateisthusnotasdependentuponits
ownmemoryof howitenteredtextthroughdictation(thecache)asinotherap-
plications.Therefore,actionsthatwouldotherwisebeconsideredviolationsof the
GoldenRuleof MacSpeechDictatearelessdisruptiveinaNotePadwindow.See
“TheCacheandtheGoldenRule.”
Tosummonanew Note Pad window:
• Say FileNew whenMacSpeechDictateisfrontmost.
• ChooseFile>NewNotePad.
Toset the default font and sizeforanewemptyNotePadwindow:
• OpenanewNotePadwindow,chooseFormat>Font>ShowFonts,specify
thedesiredfontandsize,andclosetheFontpaletteandtheNotePadwindow.