Working with user profiles

To upgrade your user profile:

For information on upgrading your Roaming user profiles, see Working with Roaming user profiles.

If you upgraded automatically, Dragon upgrades your user profiles the first time you open them after upgrading Dragon. If you chose not to upgrade your profiles, you can upgrade them later by selecting Dragon Medical Practice Edition>Dragon Medical Practice Edition Tools>Upgrade User Profiles (Windows 7) or Dragon Medical Practice Edition>Upgrade User Profiles (Windows 8.1 and 10) from the Windows Start menu.

You can also upgrade a profile from the Import dialog box. For more information, see To import your user profile.

To reset your user profile:

Do the following to reset your user profile:

1. From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Reset.

   A prompt appears.

2. Click Yes.

To create a new user profile:

You can have one profile per language and region.

1. From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Select Language.

   The Select Language dialog box opens.

2. Click New.

   The New User Wizard opens.

3. Run through the wizard.

   For more information, click the Help button on each screen.

To create a new user profile for a different language:

You must create one user profile for each language and region in which you want to dictate. Follow the instructions above to create a new user profile.

To select a different language:

1. From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Select Language.

   The Select Language dialog box opens.

2. Select a different language or region from the list.

   This list shows only languages that you have installed.

3. Click Select.

To select a default user profile:

Your default user profiles open automatically when you open Dragon.

1. From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Select Language.

   The Select Language dialog box opens.

2. Select a language from the list.
3. Select the Load this language when Dragon starts check box.
4. Click Select.

To save your user profile:

Dragon saves your user profile automatically when you exit. You might save your user profile manually if, for example, you just added many new words to your vocabulary.

Do the following to save your user profile:

From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Save.

To add a vocabulary to your user profile:

1. From the DragonBar, select Tools>Vocabulary Center>Manage Vocabularies.

   The Manage Vocabularies dialog box opens.

2. Click New.

   The New Vocabulary dialog box opens.

3. Specify the following:

   • Vocabulary name
   • Vocabulary on which the new vocabulary should be based on
   • Region

   For field descriptions, click Help.

4. Click OK.

To back up your user profile automatically:

Dragon creates a full user profile backup automatically every fifth time your user profile is saved by default. To change your automatic backup frequency, do the following:

1. From the DragonBar, select Settings>Options.

   The Options dialog box opens.

2. Click the Data page.

3. Specify a value for the Automatically back up user profile every n saves option.

   Automatic user profile backups occur every 5 saves by default.

For more information, see Options dialog box—Data page.

To export your user profile:

1. From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Export.

2. Navigate to the folder to which you want to export your user profile.

3. Click OK.

   The export process begins.

4. When the process finishes, click OK.