Keyboard editing shortcuts – Sony ICD-BP150VTP User Manual

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C H A P T E R 4

Correcting and Editing

Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide

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You can also delete a number of words or characters (up to 20). For
example, you can say “Delete Previous 5 Words.” See the complete list
below:

Another way to delete the previous character is by saying “Backspace.” This is

equivalent to pressing the BACKSPACE key. You can “press” it multiple times (up to 20) by
saying, for example, “Backspace 5.”

Keyboard editing shortcuts

If you prefer to edit by typing, you can speed up your work by using
keyboard shortcuts. These shortcuts are not specific to Dragon
NaturallySpeaking

®

—they are built-in and work in almost any Windows

®

program. These shortcuts can dramatically slash the time and keystrokes
you spend editing. Take the time to learn them—ten minutes spent
practicing with these keys can save you many hours in editing.

S A Y

T HE N

T HE N

Delete

Next

Word

Forward

2...20 Words

Previous

Character

Back

2...20 Characters

Last

2...20 Characters

PRES S T HES E K EY S

TO D O T H IS

CTRL

Hold down the

CTRL

key to move

by jumps, instead of one character
at a time

CTRL

+

LEFT

(Left Arrow key)

CTRL

+

RIGHT

(Right Arrow key)

Move insertion point by one word
at a time

CTRL

+

UP

(Up Arrow key)

CTRL

+

DOWN

(Down Arrow key)

Move insertion point by one
paragraph at a time

CTRL+BACKSPACE

Delete word to the left of insertion
point

CTRL+DELETE

Delete word to the right of insertion
point

SHIFT

Hold down the

SHIFT

key to select

as you move

NOTE

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