Working in Microsoft Word

Use these commands for basic document operations using Microsoft Word.

These procedures use Natural Language Commands. To use them, you must have enabled the Enable Natural Language Commands option and the Enable Microsoft Word commands option in the More commands dialog box. For more information, see About Natural Language Commands.

For a list of commands you can use in Word, say "What Can I Say?" at any time.

If you're using the Read Mode layout, you can't dictate, select, or correct text in your document with Dragon. You can only perform these actions when you're in a Comment field.

Procedures

To open Word:

Say "Open Microsoft Word".

To create a new document:

Say "Create New File".

To open an existing document (Office 2016 only):

  1. Say "Open File".

    The Open screen appears.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Say "Click <file name> dot <file extension>" to open a recent document listed, or
    • Say "Click This PC" and then say "Click <file name> dot <file extension>" to open a document on your local drive.

To open an existing document:

  1. Say "Open File".
  2. Dictate the file name. Say "<file name> dot <file extension>".
  3. Say "Press Enter".

To open the File menu:

Say "Click File Tab".

To open all other menus:

Say "Click <menu name>".

To select a menu item:

Say "Click <menu option>".

To expand or collapse the ribbon:

Say one of the following:

  • "Expand Ribbon"
  • "Collapse Ribbon"

To set focus to the Tell me what you want to do field (Office 2016 only):

Say one of the following:

  • "Move to the Tell me field"
  • "Press Alt q"

To scroll in your document:

Say one of the following:

  • "Start Scrolling Up"
  • "Scroll Down"
  • "Start Scrolling Down"
  • "Scroll Faster"
  • "Scroll Up"
  • "Scroll Slower"

To stop scrolling:

Say "Stop Scrolling".

To scroll in windows and dialog boxes:

See To scroll in windows.

To move around a document:

Say one of the following:

  • "Line Up"
  • "Line Down"
  • "Page Up"
  • "Page Down"

Or

Use Global commands. For more information, see Moving around in documents, web pages and text fields.

For more commands, say "What Can I Say?".

To close a document:

Say "Close File".

To save an existing document:

Say "Save Changes".

To save a new document (Office 2016 only):

  1. Say "Save File".
  2. Say "Click This PC".
  3. Say "Click Documents".
  4. Dictate the file name. Say "<filename>"
  5. Say "Click Save".

To save a new document:

  1. Say "Save Changes".
  2. Dictate the file name. Say "<filename> dot <file extension>"
  3. Say "Click Save".

To Save As:

  1. Say "Save Document As".
  2. Dictate the file name. Say "<filename> dot <file extension>"
  3. Say "Save as type"
  4. Say "Show choices"
  5. Choose the file type by saying "Move down <n>"
  6. Say "Press Enter"
  7. Say "Click Save".

To print a document:

  1. Say "Print Document".
  2. Say "Click OK" or "Click Print".

To switch between open documents:

See To switch between open documents.