User manual NUANCE DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING 7

[. . . ] Professional, Medical, and Legal, Solution Series, Preferred, Standard, and Essentials editions. This material may not include some last-minute technical changes and/or revisions to the software. has patents or pending patent applications covering the subject matter contained in this document. The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to such patents. [. . . ] Global Commands are the commands Dragon NaturallySpeaking recognizes regardless of the context. Application-specific commands let you control the applications on your computer. Custom commands are commands that have been added to the built-in command set. (Preferred and higher editions) Change the availability of custom commands. (Professional and higher editions) Supported Applications In addition to the global commands, the Command Browser displays commands for the following applications: America Online 6, 7, and 8 Corel WordPerfect 10 (Standard Edition and higher) DragonPad and DragonBar Lotus Notes 5 (Professional Edition and higher) Microsoft Chat Microsoft Excel 97, XP, and 2000 (Preferred Edition and higher) 103 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 9 Using the Command Browser Microsoft Express 5 and 6 (Standard Edition and higher) Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5 and 6 (Standard Edition and higher) Microsoft Outlook 98, XP, and 2000 (Professional Edition and higher) Microsoft Paint Microsoft Powerpoint 97, XP, and 2000 (Professional Edition and higher) Microsoft Windows Explorer 98, XP, and 2000 Microsoft Word 97, XP, and 2000 (Standard Edition and higher) Microsoft Wordpad NOTE All editions display commands for these applications but support for these commands depends on your edition. Starting the Command Browser To open the Command Browser, click Command Browser from the Tools menu on the DragonBar. To launch the Command Browser by voice, say "Start the Command Browser. " You can also start the Command Browser from the Accuracy Center. What you see depends on your version. For example, Script and Manage are displayed only in the Preferred and higher editions. When the Command Browser starts, it first displays a list of Global Commands. You can train these commands so that Dragon NaturallySpeaking will understand you better, but you cannot change or remove most of these commands from your system. 104 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 9 Using the Command Browser Finding specific commands To see what commands are available for specific applications, click the pull-down menu next to the field labeled Current command context. For example: There may be more than one entry for any given application. For example, Microsoft Outlook 2000 Message (Rich Text) would show you the commands available in the following Outlook Message window: Window caption name Finding commands To see if a specific command is available: 1 Click the pull-down menu for the Current command context and select the appropriate application context. The Command Browser displays all the commands supported in the selected context. This displays the Choose Word screen: 2 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 105 9 Using the Command Browser 3 Type or dictate in the specific command(s) you are looking for, one word at a time, in the "Choose Word" box. Press the space bar or click Add until you have added as much of the specific command as you can to the "Current list of words" box. 4 If you type or dictate a word and nothing happens, this means that the word is not valid in any command in the current context. 5 When you are finished adding keywords, click or say "Done" or press or say "Enter". This displays the commands containing the words you entered, if any. TIP Try to be as specific as possible when entering commands. Example To see if the command "set that to bold" exists in Microsoft Word 2000: 1 2 3 Select Microsoft Word 2000 - Message from the Current command context menu. Type or dictate the words "set", "that", and "bold" one word at a time in the "Choose Word" field. The Command Browser displays the set of commands valid in the chosen context; in this case all those commands that contain the words "set, " "that" and "bold": 4 106 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 9 Using the Command Browser Expanding commands Some commands will not be fully expanded; either due to their complexity or because only partial information was entered in "Choose Word" field. The examples all assume that Global Commands is selected in the Current command context. E X A MP L E BUTTON A C T IO N Refine Refine shows just the current selection and expands the selection. At this point, the selection can resolve to a single command or a list of similar commands that you may need to refine further. Using refine may be helpful if you have many displayed commands and want to look at only one. Optional statements are parts of the command you don't have to say for the command to work. Or statements are shown by a separator bar, |, and are usually enclosed by parenthesis. Scroll down the list of Global Commands and select . . . mode on. . . . mode on refines to: command mode on dictation mode on numbers mode on spell mode on Scroll down the list of Global Commands and select close [the] list. [. . . ] For more information about Microsoft Internet Explorer commands, see "Working with Microsoft Internet Explorer" on page 70. Working hands-free Pressing keyboard keys For lists of commands you can use to press keyboard keys, see "Pressing keyboard keys" on page 32. Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse For lists of commands you can use to move the mouse pointer and click the mouse, see the mouse movement commands starting on page 36. Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 205 APPENDIX Commands List 206 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide Index A abbreviations 96 accuracy improving 115 Accuracy Assistant 116 Acoustic Optimizer 116 acronyms 96 Active Accessibility 169 active vocabulary 123 add a word 118 adding paragraphs, lines, and spaces Advanced Settings dialog box 148 All Caps Off 63 All Caps On 63 All Caps That 63 All Caps [text] 62 America Online 67 American English 8 apostrophe 's 93 applications opening 27 switching 28 Audio Setup Wizard 11 Australian English 8 automating your work 153 bookmarks. See Favorites British English 8 bulleted text 66 buttons, selecting 29 C Cap That 176 63 62 Capitalize That 63 Capitalize That 63 capitalizing text 186 already in a document 63 applying lowercase 63 consecutive words 62-63 next word 61 Caps Off 62 Caps On 62 Center That 66 characters deleting 52 moving to next/previous 49 selecting 47 check boxes, selecting 29 clicking the mouse 38 Command Browser 103, 118 Command Mode 101 Cap [word] B backing up a user 134 BACKSPACE key 52 back-up location changing 135 Bold That 66, 188 bold, adding or removing 188 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 207 Index commands browsing available commands 103 training 129 undoing 182 using with a recorder 144 which ones work in which programs 173 See also custom commands See also the Appendix for a list of commands commas autoimatically adding 91 Compound That 95 compound words 94-95 contact names, adding 121 contractions. See apostrophe 's Copy That 50, 186 copying text 50 Correct [text] Through [text] 3, 46 Correct [text] To [text] 3, 46 correcting commands for 178 Correction menu 41 Correction options 162 creating a new user 9 currency 90 custom commands creating 154 deleting 159 Step-by-Step 158 Text and Graphics 156 types of 153 viewing 154 custom words, deleting 124 custom words. See Vocabulary Editor Cut That 47, 50, 186 cutting text 50 deleting text backing up and resuming dictation 50 characters 52 last words dictated 50 lines 51 paragraphs 51 specific words 47, 51-52 deselecting text 46 dialects dictating currency 90 dictating times of day 86 spelling and punctuation conventions 2 dictate now, correct later 56 Dictation Mode 101 dictation, saving for later playback 56 documents moving to top/bottom 48 opening 27, 197 selecting all text in 47 dollar sign 90 Drag-and-drop transcription 148 Dragon NaturallyMobile recorder 138, 147-148 used as microphone 151 DragonBar 17, 23 Extras toolbar on 23 hiding 165 options 165 Tray Icon Only mode 165 DragonPad 18 E dates 85 deferred correction 56 Delete That 51 deleting commands. [. . . ]