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Working with Mail

You can use Dragon to create email messages in Mail (or your default email application), pre-addressed to any person or group in your Contacts, no matter what application you are currently using.

Make sure Generate Email Commands is checked in your General Preferences pane. If you change this setting, restart Dragon to see the effects.

To create an email message

  • Say Send an email to <name>.

    • Or

  • Say Send an email to <name> and <name> or Send an email to <name>, <name> and <name> to specify multiple addressees.

Dragon will open a new email window addressed as specified, with the insertion point in the Subject line ready for you to dictate a subject.

Working in Mail

These commands are available when you are using Mail. Use the menu walking commands to access other Mail features.

Remember, in most applications, it's better not to use your mouse and keyboard while dictating text. See Dictating and typing for more on how to avoid errors caused by mixing dictation and typing.

Creating a new message

  • Say New message to compose a new message from scratch.

To reply to the selected message

  • Say Reply to this message.
  • Say Reply All to this message.

To forward the selected message

  • Say Forward this message to forward the whole message.
  • Say Forward selection to forward a selected portion of the message.
  • Say Redirect this message to send the message directly to a new recipient.

To resend the selected message

  • Say Send this message again.

Navigating within your message

You can move your cursor to a different point in your text with the standard navigation commands, such as:

  • Insert before <text>
  • <Direction> arrow (up, down, left or right)
  • Click next / previous field

You can also say any of the following:

  • Move to beginning / end of message
  • Move up / down one paragraph
  • Move left / right one word
  • Move to beginning / end of this line
  • Move left / right one character

Selecting text

You can use the standard commands for making a selection, such as:

  • Select <text>
  • Select All
  • Select next / previous word
  • Unselect that

You can also say any of the following:

  • Extend selection left / right one character
  • Extend selection to beginning / end of line
  • Extend selection up / down one line
  • Extend selection to end of paragraph
  • Extend selection up / down one paragraph
  • Extend selection to beginning / end of message
  • Extend selection to end of window

Editing your message

You can use the standard commands for revising your text, such as:

  • Cut <text>
  • Cut selection
  • Copy <text>
  • Copy selection
  • Paste from clipboard
  • Delete <text>
  • Delete selection

You can also say any of the following:

  • Paste as quotation
  • Paste and match style
  • Append selected messages
  • Check spelling

Formatting text

You can use the global commands to format the last word or phrase you spoke:

  • Bold / Italicize / Underline that

You can also say any of the following:

  • Say Make selection bigger / smaller to increase or decrease the font size by one point.
  • Say Increase / decrease quote level to format the selected text as a quote and increase or decrease the quote level:

Mail: quote levels

If you want to apply formatting from one section of text to another:

  1. Select the formatted text.
  2. Say Copy style of selection.
  3. Select the text where you want to apply the formatting.
  4. Say Paste style.

Send your message

  • Say Send message.

Navigate messages and threads

To scroll within a message or thread

  • Say Move up / down one page.

To toggle viewing threads in the Mailbox pane

  • Say Expand / Collapse this thread.
  • Say Expand / Collapse all threads.

To move between messages

  • Say Go to next / previous message.

To view your selected message or thread in the Mailbox

  • Say Jump to selection.

To check for new messages

  • Say Get new mail.

Print a message

  • Say Print this document.

Manage your messages

To sort your messages

  • Say Sort by <property>.

    • You can sort messages by:

    • Attachments
    • Date Received
    • Date Sent
    • Flags
    • From
    • To
    • Subject
    • Size

To label the selected message

  • Say Mark as <status>.

    • You can mark messages as:

    • Flagged
    • Unflagged
    • High Priority
    • Low Priority
    • Normal Priority
    • Junk Mail
    • Read
    • Unread

To delete the selected message

  • Say Delete selection.

To clear deleted or junk messages

  • Say Erase deleted messages in all accounts.
  • Say Erase deleted messages on my Mac.
  • Say Erase Junk Mail.

Search your messages

To search the text of the current message

  • Say Access Find window.
  • With text selected in the current message, say Use selection for Find.

To search your Mailbox

  • Say Find in selected mailboxes.

To switch between Find results

  • Say Find Next / Previous.

Navigate your mailboxes

To switch to the Viewer Window

  • Say Show Message Viewer.

To navigate between Mailboxes

  • Say Go to Inbox.
  • Say Go to Drafts.
  • Say Go to Sent box.

Create and delete mailboxes

To create a new Mailbox

  • Say Make new Mailbox.
  • Say Make new Smart Mailbox.

To rename the selected Mailbox

  • Say Rename selected Mailbox.

To delete the selected Mailbox:

  • Say Delete this Mailbox.

Adjust your view

  • Say New Viewer Window to open a new Viewer Window.
  • Say Show / Hide Mailboxes to toggle the Mailbox list view.
  • Say Show / Hide Toolbar to toggle the Toolbar.
  • Say Zoom this window to toggle Zoom view for the current window.
  • Say Arrange in front to bring all Mail windows to the front.