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Chapter7:WorkinginPrograms
EditionMode
Description
QuickEditionMode
Allowsyoutoenternewcontentintoacell,overwritethecurrent
contentsofacell,orformattheentirecontentsofacell.When
youselectacellandbegindictating,ayellowbackgroundappears
toindicatethatthedictatedtextwillbeinsertedintothecell.If
thecellcurrentlycontainstext,thenewdictatedtextwillover-
writetheexistingtext.Ifyouwanttoformatthecontentsofa
cell,selectthecell,orselectaportionofthecell’scontentsusing
FullTextControlcommands,andsayaformattingcommand,
suchas"SetFontArial10PointsBold".
FullEditionMode
Allowsyoutoedittheexistingcontentsofacell.Ifyouwantto
addtooreditthecurrentcontentsofacell,selectthecellandsay
"EditCell"or"PressF2"toopenthecellforediting.Whenyou
enterFullEditionMode,thebackgroundcolorchangestoblue.
EnteringFullEditionModeisanalogoustodouble-clickingacell.
LineandParagraphcommands,suchas"NewLine"operatewithin
theselectedcellinFullEditionmode.
UsingFullTextControl
Ingeneral,FullTextControlisavailableincellsexceptwhenyoutypesomethingintoacell
beforeyoudictate.Forexample:
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Ifyoudictateintoacell,thentypesomecharacters,anddictatemoretextintothat
cell,FullTextControlisavailable.
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Ifyoutypeatthebeginningofacellanddictatesometextornumbers,FullText
Controlisavailableonlyontheportionyoudictated.
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Onceyouhaveeditedacellusinganycombinationoftypinganddictation,whenyou
movebacktothatcellbyvoice,FullTextControlisavailableintheentirecell.
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Thecommandsthatquotetextfromthescreen(select<xyz>,correct<xyz>,insert
after<xyz>…)workthankstoafunctionalitycalledFullTextControl.Thisfunc-
tionalitydependsonDragon’sabilitytoconstantlyobtaininformationfromthetext
fieldaboutitscontent—forinstance,inordertoknowwherewordsandsentences
beginandend,soDragoncanapplyspacingbetweenwordsandcapitalizationatthe
beginningofsentences.MoststandardtextfieldsallowfullFullTextControlcapabil-
ities.Formoreinformation,seeThe
Full
Text
Control
Indicator
.
BasiccommandsforMicrosoftExcel
YoucanusethefollowingvoicecommandstoperformbasicoperationsusingMicrosoft
Excel.
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