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1 1 Managing Users
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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Closing a user
You can close the currently active user.
To close the currently active user, select Close User from the NaturallySpeaking
menu.
When there is no user loaded, most of the NaturallySpeaking menu items are
disabled.
Renaming a user
You can change the name of a user at any time.
To rename a user:
1
From the NaturallySpeaking menu, select Manage Users.The Manage Users
dialog box opens.
2
Select a user and click Rename.
3
Type a new name and click OK.
The name can contain up to 128 characters, including spaces. Special characters
are not allowed in user names.
4
To close the Manage Users dialog box, click Cancel.
You cannot rename the currently open user. If you have only one user and want to rename that
user, you must first close that user. For more information see “Closing a user” on page 135.
Deleting a user
If you know you will not need a user that you have created, you can delete it and
free up hard-disk space. Removing a user can’t be undone, so make sure you don’t
need it before you remove it.
To delete a user:
1
From the NaturallySpeaking menu, select Manage Users.The Manage Users
dialog box opens.
2
In the Manage Users dialog box, select the user you want to delete and click
Delete.
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