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 Options dialog box>Commands tab>More commands dialog. 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.

Tutorial: What can I say

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.

To open Word:

Say "Open Microsoft Word".

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 create a new document:

Say "Create New File".

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 close a document:

Say "Close File".

To save an existing document:

Say "Save Changes".

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.
 

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Additional information

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