User guide
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide
To Say
Back up and resume dictating "Resume With <word>" where <word> is the word
you want Dragon to resume with. Then, dictate the
revised text.
Move the cursor back to its last
position in documents and e-mail
messages
Pause briefly during dictation and say "Go Back" See
Using "Go Back" to move the cursor.
* indicates a Direct Editing command. You can enable and disable these Direct Editing com-
mands from the Commands tab of the Options dialog box.
The commands that quote text from the screen (select <xyz>, correct <xyz>, insert after
<xyz>…) work thanks to a functionality called Full Text Control. This functionality
depends on Dragon’s ability to constantly obtain information from the text field about its con-
tent—for instance, in order to know where words and sentences begin and end, so Dragon
can apply spacing between words and capitalization at the beginning of sentences. Most stand-
ard text fields allow full Full Text Control capabilities. For more information, see The Full
Text Control Indicator.
Knowing additional ways to perform the following tasks by voice is useful in revising text.
Click the following links for more detailed explanations.
Moving around in a document
Selecting text
Deleting dictated text
Formatting text
Automatically Format Text (see Dragon Help)
Notes
n Dragon can auto-format text and numbers using standard writing conventions or apply
Word Properties to words as you dictate. For information about these settings, see
Auto-formatting dialog box and The Word Properties dialog box.
n Dragon's Smart Format Rules appear when you correct auto-formatted alphanumeric
text or Word Properties using the Correction menu, the Spelling window, or the key-
board. For details, see Using Smart Format Rules and Setting Auto-Formatting
Options.
n When you use the "select" or "correct" command to select any part of a hyphenated
word or a hyphen, Dragon selects the entire hyphenation. For example, in the hyphen-
ated word "brother-in-law" if you say "correct brother"because you only need to
change that, Dragon selects "brother-in-law."
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