User guide

Chapter 6: Revising Text
Selecting text
This section contains the following topics:
Selecting text - quick reference 110
Selecting characters and words 110
Selecting specific words or phrases 111
Selecting lines and paragraphs 112
Selecting text again 113
Changing an incorrect text selection 113
Selecting text - quick reference
When you are dictating, you can select text in these different ways:
Selecting text
Selecting characters and words
Selecting specific words or phrases
Selecting parts of a document
Selecting text again
Changing an incorrect text selection
You can cancel a selection by saying "Unselect That," selecting different text, or moving the
insertion point to another part of the document.
Caution
When text is selected, be careful not to breathe loudly, clear your throat, or make other
sounds. Dragon may interpret such noises as speech and replace the selection with new
text. If this happens, say "Undo That" right away to reverse the action.
Selecting characters and words
You can use the following commands to select individual characters and words.
To select characters and words
Say Then say Then say
"Select" "Next" "Character"
"Forward" "<1-20> Characters"
"Previous" "Word"
"Back" "<1-20> Words"
"Last"
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