User guide

Contents
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Chapter 1: What's New in Dragon Version 12 17
Chapter 2: Installing Dragon 25
Installation and User Profile Creation 25
Dragon system requirements 26
What you should know before installing 28
Installation Prerequisites 30
Installing Software - Typical Installation 31
Installing Software - Custom Installation 32
Modifying application settings for all users 34
Modifying formatting options for all users 35
Creating your user profile 36
Setting up, positioning, and checking your microphone 38
Training a new user profile 39
Adapting to your writing style and scheduling tuning 41
How Dragon automatically configures user profiles 43
Upgrading User Profiles 43
Version 12 File Structure 45
Accessing log files, samples, and tools 47
Activating Dragon 48
Chapter 3: Getting Started 50
About Dragon 50
Using Dragon Help 51
About dictation 52
About the Results Display 53
Using the DragonBar 55
The DragonBar 55
The Text Control Indicator 59
Displaying the DragonBar 59
Controlling the DragonBar 61
Using the Microphone 63
Choose a speech device 63
Position your microphone properly 65
Using the Dragon Sidebar 67
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