Controlling Word using Voice Commands

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You can use Voice Command mode to navigate through a document and to make changes in it. Appendix B lists the available commands, giving both the actions you can execute and what you need to say. For example, say right arrow to move the insertion point to the right, or new paragraph to create a new paragraph. There are more than 50 voice functions, and many can be initiated by more than one voice command, so you might want to keep this book propped open on the table while learning these functions.

Inside Out


A limitation of Word Speech Recognition is you cannot directly add to the voice commands that are available. If you regularly use commands that are not shown in Appendix B or do not appear on a standard toolbar or menu, you cannot execute them by voice.

To work around this limitation, you must create a custom toolbar, or customize existing toolbars or menus (see the section "Creating Convenient Toolbar Displays," (CH1) for more information), and display them. You can then take advantage of Word's ability to read menus and toolbars to gain voice command over the functions on your custom menu or toolbar.

In addition to those commands, you can also operate Word's menus and toolbar buttons by saying their names (to operate buttons, say the names that appear in the buttons' ScreenTips). The toolbar must be visible for you to operate it by voice.

Note


The actions that the commands in Appendix B carry out depend on the way in which Word "hears" what you want to do. This means that if you say "file save" as one phrase, Word will directly save the active file. If you say "file," pause, and then say "save," Word will open the File menu and select the Save command. Both methods do exactly the same thing, but using the command phrase saves a step.



Microsoft Word Version 2002 Inside Out
Microsoft Word Version 2002 Inside Out (Inside Out (Microsoft))
ISBN: 0735612781
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 337

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