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Working with Microsoft Excel 
(Preferred and higher)

Dragon NaturallySpeaking provides a large number of commands to use with 
different versions of Microsoft Excel. Using these commands, you can avoid the 
multiple menu-selection and mouse-movement steps associated with the traditional 
Microsoft Windows interface. Because the number of valid commands is so large, 
you should just try saying what you want to do. If you get unexpected results, say 
"Undo That" to undo the action and try a different way to speak the command. 
Alternatively, you can open the Command Browser or the sample command window 
for more information. The Command Browser is described in more detail on page 
103.

You can also use Select-and-Say commands and built-in commands to enter and 
revise content and to navigate between cells in Microsoft Excel. For more 
information on using Select-and-Say, see “Selecting text by voice” on page 45.

There are two modes for using voice commands in Microsoft Excel. The two modes 
are described below.

Quick Edit Mode allows you to enter new content into a cell, overwrite the current 
contents of a cell, or format the entire contents of a cell. When you select a cell and 
begin dictating, a yellow background appears to indicate that the dictated text will 
be inserted into the cell. If the cell currently contains text, the new dictated text will 
overwrite the existing text. If you want to format the contents of a cell, select the 
cell, or select a portion of the cell’s contents using Select-and-Say commands, and 
say a formatting command, such as “Set Font Arial 10 Point Bold”. Line and 
Paragraph commands, such as “New Line” or “Move Left 3 Rows” change the focus to 
another cell in Quick Edit Mode.

Full Edit Mode allows you to edit the existing contents of a cell. If you want to add 
to or edit the current contents of a cell, select the cell and say “Edit Cell” or “Press 
F2” to open the cell for editing. When you enter Full Edit Mode, the background 
color changes to blue. Entering Full Edit Mode is analogous to double-clicking a 
cell. Line and Paragraph commands, such as “New Line” operate within the selected 
cell in Full Edit mode. 

In general, Select-and-Say is available in cells except when you type something into 
a cell before you dictate and when you enter Full Edit Mode. For example: