Dragon Dictate For Mac Command Cheat Sheet
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2DRAGON DICTATE FOR MAC
COMMAND CHEAT SHEET
When issuing voice commands, be sure to pause before and after the full text of
HOW TO
the command, but do not pause in the middle of the command. Do not include
ISSUE COMMANDS
additional words within your command.
CONTROLLING THE MICROPHONE
MOVING AROUND IN DOCUMENTS
Go to sleep
Move forward/backward [number] words
Wake up/Turn the microphone on
Move left/right [number] words
Microphone off
Go to beginning; Go to end
Move to beginning of document
SELECTING TEXT
Move to end of document
Select “text” [through/to “text”]
Insert before [text]; insert after [text]
Select next/previous
CONTROLLING THE DESKTOP
Select all
Unselect that
Activate [application name]
Open [application name]
EDITING AND FORMATING
Launch [application name]
Cut selection
Quit [application name]
Copy selection
Kill [application name]
Paste from clipboard
Hide this/the application
Bold/underline/italicize “text”
Minimize window
Zoom window
UNDOING AND DELETING
Close window
Scratch that
Switch to next/previous application
Undo last action / Redo last action
Search Mac for [text]
Search Spotlight for [text]
CORRECTING TEXT
PUNCTUATION
Train “text” [through/to “text”]
Show/hide Recognition window
Period
Read document /Read the selection
Comma
Question mark
INSERTING LINES AND SPACES
Exclamation point or exclamation mark
New line
Colon
New paragraph
Semi-colon
Press the key Enter/Press the key Return
Open quote/close quote
Tab key/Press the key Tab
Open parenthesis/close parenthesis
Ellipsis
CAPITALIZING
Ampersand
Capitalize “text” [through/to “text”]
Dash
Caps on/Caps off
Hyphen
All caps on/All caps off
Put brackets around [text]
Uppercase “text” [through/to “text”]
Put parentheses around [text]
Lowercase “text” [through/to “text”]
Put quotes around [text]
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