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Microsoft Word Dictation Course

This course is designed to help you quickly get started using dictation and voice commands in the Windows version of Microsoft Word.

Start with Lesson 1 if you haven’t set up Speech Recognition on your computer. After that, you can go through each lesson in order, or click on the links into topics you are interested in.

Lesson 1

Setting up Speech Recognition

Learn how to set up Speech Recognition on your Windows computer.

• Introduction
• Turn on Speech Recognition
• Set up your Microphone
• Take the Tutorial
• Do the Voice Training
• Advanced Speech Recognition Settings

Lesson 2

Using the Shared Speech Recognizer

Learn how to operate the Shared Speech Recognizer - the interface that allows you to speak to your computer.

• Introduction
• Shared Recognizer listening states
• Error messages
• Voice commands to the Shared Recognizer
• Context menu commands
• The System Tray
• Screen location voice commands

Lesson 3

Basic Dictation with Microsoft Word

Learn the basics for creating documents in Microsoft Word using dictation.

• Introduction
• Speak in phrases
• Dictation Dos and Don'ts
• Speak at a natural rate
• Speak the punctuation
• Speak the paragraph commands
• Don't pause between words
• Practice every day
• Practice what you learned

Lesson 4

Correcting Dictation Mistakes

Learn the essential commands for quickly correcting dictation mistakes in Microsoft Word.

• Introduction
• Undo that
• Correct that
• Correcting individual words
• Spell it
  
• Practice ideas
• Start typing
• More practice suggestions
  

Lesson 5

Selecting and Editing Text with Voice Commands

Find out how to use voice commands in Microsoft Word to select and edit text.

• Introduction
• Selecting ranges of text
• Selecting specific words
• Editing text
• Clicking buttons with voice commands
• Show numbers
• Show context menu
• Selecting the document
• Practice what you learned

Lesson 6

Navigating Documents with Voice Commands

Learn the most useful voice commands for moving the cursor within you Microsoft Word Document.

• Introduction
• Go to commands
• Moving one character at a time
• Go to [WORD] / Go after [WORD]
• Scrolling with voice commands
• Copy and paste
• Practice what you learned
• Keep going!