About Natural Language Commands

About

Natural Language Commands are Dragon commands based on natural, conversational speech. These commands allow you to perform actions in applications using fewer steps. For example, suppose you want to save a Microsoft Word document. Rather than saying "Click File" and then "Click Save", you could simply say, "Save Changes". Using Natural Language Commands, you don't have to memorize commands; simply say what comes naturally, like "Bold the last paragraph".

Dragon recognizes thousands of Natural Language Commands. To use them in supported applications, just say what you want Dragon to do.

Optional?

Yes.

Supported applications

The following applications support Natural Language commands:

  • Corel WordPerfect
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word
Requirements 8 MB of memory.

Where to configure

On the Options dialog box—Commands tab.

  1. From the DragonBar, select Tools>Options.

    The Options dialog box opens.

  2. Click the Commands tab.
  3. Click the More Commands button.
  4. Select Enable Natural Language Commands, and then select the appropriate applications.

For more information, see More commands dialog box.

 

Related procedures

Additional information

Working in Microsoft WordGetting help
Working in Microsoft Word—Working with text 
Working with Microsoft Excel 
Working with Microsoft Excel—Working with cell content 
Working with Microsoft PowerPoint 
Working with Microsoft PowerPoint—Working with presentations 
Working with Corel WordPerfect 
Working with Corel WordPerfect—Working with text