Working with user profiles

To upgrade your user profile:

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>Dragon Tools>Upgrade User Profiles (Windows 7) or Dragon>Upgrade User Profiles (Windows 8.1 and 10) from the Windows Start menu.

To create a new user profile:

1. On the Welcome screen, click Next.

2. Run through the wizard.

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

Or

To select a default user profile:

Your default user profiles open automatically when you open Dragon.

1. From the DragonBar, select one of the following:

   • Profile>Open User Profile
   • Profile>Manage User Profiles

   The Open User Profile or Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.

2. Select a user profile.

3. Select the Load this profile when Dragon starts check box.

4. Close the dialog box.

To close your user profile:

From the DragonBar, select Profile>Close User Profile.

To delete a user profile:

Do the following to delete your user profile:

1. From the DragonBar, select Profile>Manage User Profiles.

   The Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.

2. Select a user profile.

   You cannot delete the current user profile. To delete it, you must first open a different user profile.

3. Click Delete.

4. Click Yes.

When you uninstall Dragon, your user profiles remain on your local drive after uninstallation. You can optionally remove them. For more information, see Manually removing user profiles after uninstalling Dragon

To rename a user profile:

Do the following to rename your user profile:

1. From the DragonBar, select Profile>Manage User Profiles.

   The Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.

2. Select a user profile.

   You cannot rename the current user profile. To rename it, you must first open a different user profile.

3. Click Rename.

   The Rename User Profile dialog box opens.

4. Specify a new name, and then click OK.

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.

From the DragonBar, select Profile>Save.

From the DragonBar, select Profile>Save User Profile.

To view user profile properties:

1. From the DragonBar, select one of the following:

   • Profile>Manage User Profiles
   • Profile>Open User Profile

   The Manage User Profiles dialog box or the Open User Profile dialog box opens.

2. Select a user profile.

3. Click Properties.

   The User Profile Properties dialog box opens.

To add a vocabulary to your user profile:

1. From the DragonBar, select Profile>Add vocabulary to the current User Profile.

   The New Vocabulary dialog box opens.

2. Specify a vocabulary name, vocabulary on which it should be based, and a region.

   For more information, click Help.

3. Click OK

Or

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:

1. From the DragonBar, select Tools>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 back up your user profile manually:

From the DragonBar, select Profile>Backup User Profile.

Or

1. From the DragonBar, select Profile>Manage User Profiles.

   The Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.

2. Select Advanced>Backup.

To restore your user profile:

1. From the DragonBar, select one of the following:

   • Profile>Restore User Profile
   • Profile>Manage User Profiles>Advanced>Restore

   The Close User Profile to Proceed dialog box opens.

2. Click Proceed.

   Dragon closes your user profile and the Profile Restore dialog box opens.

3. Select a backup.

4. Click Restore.

   The Profile Restore dialog box opens.

5. Click Yes.

   Dragon restores your profile.

6. Click OK.

To export your user profile:

Or

1. From the DragonBar, select Profile>Manage User Profiles.

   The Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.

2. Select a user profile.

3. Select Advanced>Export.

   The Browse for Folder dialog box opens.

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

5. Click OK.

   The export process begins.

6. When the process finishes, click OK.
7. Click Close.

To import your user profile:

1. From the DragonBar, select Profile>Manage User Profiles.

   The Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.

2. Select Advanced>Import.

   The Browse for Folder dialog box opens.

3. Navigate to the folder to which you exported your user profile.

4. Click OK.

   The import process begins.

5. When the process finishes, click OK.
6. Click Close.

1. From the DragonBar, select Profile>Import.

   The Browse For Folder dialog box opens.

2. Navigate to the folder to which you exported your user profile.

3. Click OK.

   The import process begins.

4. When the process finishes, click OK.