C H A P T E R 4
Editing a Document by Voice
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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Moving right or left a character
You can move the cursor to the next or previous character by saying
“Move Right a Character” or “Move Left a Character.”
You can also move forward and backward a number of characters (up to
20). For example, you can say “Move Left 4 Characters.” See the complete
list below:
Selecting text
Select-and-Say
One way to revise what you have dictated is to select the text using the
“Select”* command and then say new words to replace the selected text.
To Select-and-Say:
1
Dictate the sentence below:
Let’s meet for lunch on Tuesday [period]
2
Say “Select lunch on Tuesday.”
The words “lunch on Tuesday” should be highlighted on the screen.
3
Say “dinner on Wednesday.”
These words should replace “lunch on Tuesday.”
You can also select punctuation marks.
S A Y
T HE N
( o n e )
T H EN
( o n e )
Move
Right
a Character (or “1 Character”)
Forward
2 Characters
Left
4 Characters
Back
n Characters (up to 20)
* 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.
