Dragon Professional - A Step Further Book

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Dragon Professional – A Step Further book

This book is ideal for users of Dragon Professional Individual (DPI), Dragon Professional Group (DPG), Dragon NaturallySpeaking (DNS), Medical and Legal versions who want to take their use of the application A Step Further.

Even if you are new to the world of programming, you will quickly be creating macros and automating processes using the simple, yet powerful Dragon Script language. Step by step instructions will walk beginners through the basics, while intermediate and advanced users can take advantage of the source code provided and use them for reference, or as a starting point towards creating effective solutions.

This book will show you how to:

Create voice commands that will automate your applications
Generate bespoke email signatures and forms by voice
Create Dragon macros that incorporate VBA
Use the Record Macro function to automatically generate Application VBA
Create interactive Dialog Forms
Create, edit and work with Dragon macros that include List Variables
Work with Dragon macros that include Object Library References
Encrypt and protect your Dragon commands
Import and Export Dragon commands
Create Dragon commands which will work with multiple applications
Create Dragon voice commands to perform your existing application macros

The book Dragon Professional – A Step Further enables you to Start making effective and efficient Dragon Commands on your PC straight away; to increase productivity, save time and provide significant impact for any business or individual.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 01: Macros, Dragon Commands and Dragon Command Types

What are Macros?
Working with Dragon Commands
Creating an Auto-Text (Text and Graphics) Command
Creating a Macro Recorder Command
Creating a Step-by-Step Command
Creating Advanced Scripting Commands

CHAPTER 02: Dragon Script and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

Using VBA Macros in Dragon Advanced Scripting Commands
Why incorporate VBA Scripts into Dragon Commands?
Dragon Commands with Incorporated VBA Scripts
Creating your own VBA Scripts
- Show the Developer Menu Ribbon
- Assign a Keyboard Shortcut to the Macro
- Record the Macro
- Run and test the Macro
- Accessing the VBA Code produced
- Create a Dragon Command using the generated VBA Code
Object Library References

CHAPTER 03: Editing and Training your Dragon Commands

Editing Auto-Text (Text and Graphics) Macros
Editing Macro Recorder Macros
Editing Step-by-Step Macros
Editing Advanced Scripting Macros
Training Dragon to recognise how you pronounce your voice commands
Training Locked (Protected, Encrypted) Dragon Commands

CHAPTER 04: Dragon List (List Variables) Commands

What are Dragon List Commands?
Dragon List Commands a step further
Dragon WrittenSpoken words List
Performing Calculations with Dragon Lists
Working with multiple Dragon Lists in multiple Commands
The unique Dragon List named "dictation"
Dragon List & WrittenSpoken words Lists in Auto-Text (Text and Graphics) Commands
Dragon List & WrittenSpoken words Lists in Step-by-Step Commands
Dragon List Commands overview

CHAPTER 05: Working with the UserDialog Editor

What is the UserDialog Editor?
Create a Simple Dialog Form
Editing a Dialog Form
Using OptionButtons (Radio buttons) in Dialog Forms
Using CheckBoxes in Dialog Forms
Using PushButtons (user defined buttons) in Dialog Forms
Placing GroupBoxes and Images in Dialog Forms
Allowing for Alt + Keys in Dialog Forms
Set Focus
Including Hidden Fields and how we can reveal them
Creating List Boxes and Combo Boxes (menus) in Dialog Forms
- Using the ListBox item in Dialog Forms
- Using the DropListBox item in Dialog Forms
- Using the ComboBox item in Dialog Forms
- Using the MultiListBox item in Dialog Forms
Setting an item to a specific state or value
UserDialog Editor elements
Advance Dialog Functions
Dialog Form styled as an Input Box
Example Advanced Dialog Form

CHAPTER 06: Importing, Exporting and Distributing Dragon Commands

Exporting your Dragon Commands
Criteria for Exporting your Dragon Macros
Exporting a Macro as an XML file
Exporting a Macro as a DAT file
Exporting a number of Macros at once
The difference between Overwriting and Merging when exporting your Macros
Importing Macros
- Importing Macros that contain Dragon Lists
- Importing Macros that contain References to Application Object Libraries
Updating Application-specific Macros
- Importing Macros that contain Dragon Lists
- Importing Macros that contain References to Application Object Libraries

CHAPTER 07: Locking, Protecting, Encrypting your created Dragon Commands

How to create an Encrypted Macro
Encrypting a bunch of Commands
MyCommands Protection Utility Command Line examples

CHAPTER 08: Overview of Dragon Script Commands and Functions

Commands and Functions
AppBringUp :: Arrays :: Beep :: ButtonClick Command :: Chr and Asc Functions :: ClearDesktop :: Clipboard Function :: CLng Function :: CStr Function :: Do While Loop :: Exit Sub :: For…Next Loop :: HeardWord :: If Then Function :: InputBox Function :: InStr Function :: LBound and UBound Functions :: LCase and UCase Functions :: Mid Function :: MouseGrid :: On Error Instruction :: PlaySound :: PromptValue Function :: Select Case Function :: Select Case Function :: SetRecognitionMode :: ShellExecute :: TTSPlayString :: Wait
Date and Time Functions
- The Now, Date & Time Functions
- More Date and Time Functions
- Making Date Results More Readable
- Performing Calculations on Dates
- Changing the Display Format of Date & Time
- Table of Date and Time Formatting Styles
MsgBox Function - Message Boxes
- Message Box Types
- Including a Message Box Title
- Combining Defined Symbols and their Values to produce Alternative Message Boxes
- Multiple Lines of Text in Message Boxes
- Displaying Special Characters in the Prompt Message of Message Boxes
- Using Variables in Message Boxes
- An Advanced Message Box Example using Variables
- Recording User Response from Message Boxes
- Setting the Focus on a Specific Message Box Button
- Making sure your Message Box appears On Top
SendDragonKeys, SendKeys & SendSystemKeys
- Dragon Script Performs Table
- Dragon Script Writes Out Table
- Adjusting for Different Keyboards

CHAPTER 09: Ready to use Real-World Dragon Macros

Inserting a Custom Designed e-Mail Signature
Generate a Fillable Business Letter Template
Filling Forms in MS Word
Create a Backup of the Current Word Document with the Date & Time in the Filename
Export a MS Word Document as a PDF with a Hyperlinked Table of Contents
Insert Page Numbers in MS Word Starting at Page x
Create a Backup of the Current Excel Workbook with the Date & Time in the Filename
Renaming and Sorting MS Excel Worksheets
Export all Text from MS PowerPoint Slides to a Text File and Open the Text File in MS Word
Display the Number of Words in the Selected Text in any Document
Find a Topic by its Title Name in Mindjet MindManager
Performing Mindjet MindManager Functions
Performing Sonocent Audio Notetaker Functions

Recent reviews

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“I loved the logical structure of the chapters and the clear explanations of the step by step examples. The command reverence guide is invaluable when creating your own custom commands.”

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“I’m a seasoned Dragon user and was unable to find a book written for my experience level. Look no further this book has content for the both novice and expert Dragon users. I also found it helpful to have access to code that would allow me to create my own commands!”

Amazon customer

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“I needed to know how to create commands in Dragon and this explained the basics. I really like that there are illustrations and step-by-step instructions.”

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Dragon Professional – A Step Further

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