This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Modifying Text
In addition to using a Select command (page 53) to select text and then saying new text to replace it with, there are a number of other commands you can use to modify text with Dragon Dictate (Table 4.4):
- Delete commands delete text you specify.
- Capitalize commands change the text you specify to title case.
- Lowercase commands change the text you specify to all lowercase letters.
- Uppercase commands change the text you specify to all uppercase letters.
Table 4.4. Modification Commands
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Delete a specific word |
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Delete a specific phrase |
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Delete selected text |
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Change a specific word to title case |
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Change a specific phrase to title case |
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Change selected text to title case |
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Change a specific word to all lowercase letters |
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Change a specific phrase to all lowercase letters |
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Change selected text to all lowercase letters |
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Change a specific word to all uppercase letters |
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Change a specific phrase to all uppercase letters |
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Change selected text to all uppercase letters |
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To replace text:
Use a Select command (Table 4.3) to select the text you want to change
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In this example, I said Select new...- Say the new text.
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The selected text is replaced with what you said 
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... and then said different to replace new with different.
To delete or change the case of text:
Use one of the text modification commands (Table 4.4) to make changes as desired to the text you specify.