User guide

Chapter 6: Revising Text
Deleting characters, words, lines, or paragraphs
You can delete any number of words or characters (up to 20) using the following com-
mands.
To delete characters, words, lines, or paragraphs
Say Then Say Then Say
"Delete" "Next" "Character"
"Previous" "1 Character"
"Last" "<2-20> Characters"
"Word"
"1 Word"
"<2-20> Words"
"Line"
"1 Line"
"<2-20> Lines"
"Paragraph"
"1 Paragraph"
"<2-20> Paragraphs"
Examples:
"Delete Next Character"
"Delete Previous 4 Lines"
Notes
n If you delete text and an extra space remains, say "Delete Next Character," "Delete
Previous Character," or "Backspace" to remove the space.
n Commands that delete by words or paragraphs may not always have the expected
effects in programs that do not use the same shortcut keys as WordPad (on which
the word processing features of Dragon are based). For example, in Windows Note-
pad, the paragraph commands don't work because Notepad does not recognize a par-
agraph, and in Microsoft Excel, these commands only work in the FormulaBar edit
field.
Deleting by backspacing
Use the following commands to remove characters to the left of the insertion point.
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