Working with Microsoft Outlook

Use these commands for basic operations using Microsoft Outlook.

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

To open Microsoft Outlook:

Say "Open Microsoft Outlook".

To check for new mail:

Say "Get All New Mail".

To read new mail:

Say "Go to the Next Message".

To open an attachment:

Say "Open the Attachment".

To compose and send a new message:

  1. Say "Compose a New Message".

    Dragon opens a new message.

  2. Dictate the contact name in the To field.

    For more information, see Dictating email addresses and web addresses.

  3. Optionally dictate the Subject field.

    • Say "Go to the Subject Field" or "Press Tab".
  4. Move to the message body.

    • Say "Go to the Body Field" or "Press Tab".
  5. Dictate your message.
  6. Say "Send That".

To move between message fields:

Say one of the following:

  • "Go to the To Field"
  • "Go to the Body Field"
  • "Go to the CC Field"
  • "Go to the Next Field"
  • "Go to the BCC Field"
  • "Go to the Previous Field"
  • "Go to the Subject Field"
  • "Press Tab"

To reply to a message:

While reading an email message, say one of the following:

  • "Reply to That"
  • "Reply to All"

To forward a message:

While reading an email message, say "Forward That".

To move between messages:

Say one of the following:

  • "Go to the Next Message"
  • "Go to the Previous Message"

To delete a message:

Read or select the message to delete, and then say "Delete That".

To format message text:

Use Global Commands. For more information, see the following:

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 attach a recent document to an email (Office 2016 only):

Say "Show Recent Files for Attachment".

To re-enable the NatSpeak Outlook Add-in (Office 2016):

Should the add-in become disabled, Dragon notifies you. Do the following to re-enable it:

  1. In Outlook, click the File menu.

    The Account Information page appears.

  2. Click the Manage COM Add-ins block.

    The Disabled COM Add-ins dialog box appears.

  3. Locate the NatSpeak Outlook AddIn in the list.
  4. Click the Always enable this add-in button.
  5. Click Close.

 

Related procedures

Additional information

Working with Microsoft Outlook—Working with your calendar About email
Working with Web mail  

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