C H A P T E R 4
Editing a Document by Voice
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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Selecting a range of words
You can select a range of words (for example, a sentence) with the “Select
[text] Through [text]”* command. For [text], substitute the actual word(s)
at the beginning and the end of the range you want to select. Remember
not to pause between any of the words.
For example, to select the sentence below, you could say “Select You can
Through the sentence.”
You can select a whole sentence by specifying the first and last words in
the sentence.
Selecting your whole document
You can select all the text in your document by saying “Select Document.”
This command is useful when you want to change the font or the way
text is aligned.
When you want to copy all the text in a document to another window,
the easiest way to do it is with the “Copy All to Clipboard” command. (See
“Copying text to other programs” on page 91.)
The “Scratch That” command doesn’t work when a lot of text is selected. (This
prevents you from accidentally deleting a large part of your document.) To remove a
large selection, you can say “Delete That” instead.
* This command works in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window, but it doesn’t work in all
programs. See “Which commands work in which programs?” on page 129 of Appendix B.
Important!
When text is selected, be careful not to breathe loudly, clear your
throat, or make other sounds. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 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.
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