Department:IT |
Author: Alejandro Donjuan |
Section:Microsoft 365 > Word |
Date Created: 10/3/2022 |
Duration: 3 minutes |
Keywords: Dictate Word, Office 365, Speech to text |
Procedure Title: Dictate Your Documents in Word. |
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Purpose: Show how to dictate in Word. |
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What will you learn?:Dictate in word. |
Dictate Your Documents in Word
Dictation lets you use speech-to-text to author content in Office with a microphone and reliable internet connection. It's a quick and easy way to get your thoughts out, create drafts or outlines, and capture notes.
- Open a new or existing document and go to Home > Dictate
while signed into Microsoft 365 on a mic-enabled device.
- Wait for the Dictate button to turn on and start listening.
3. Start speaking to see text appear on the screen.
What can I say?
In addition to dictating your content, you can speak commands to add punctuation, navigate around the page, and enter special characters.
Punctuation
Phrase(s) |
Output |
period, full stop |
. |
comma |
, |
question mark |
? |
exclamation mark/point |
! |
new line |
new line |
apostrophe-s |
's |
colon |
: |
semicolon |
; |
open quotes close quotes |
" " |
hyphen |
- |
ellipsis, dot dotdot |
... |
begin/open single quote end/close single quote |
' ' |
left/open parentheses right/close parentheses |
( ) |
left/open bracket right/close bracket |
[ ] |
left/open brace right/close brace |
{ } |
Editing
Phrase(s) |
backspace [1-100] |
delete [word or phrase] |
delete last/previous [1-100] characters/words |
delete last/previous [1-100] sentences/paragraphs |
delete next [1-100] characters/words |
delete next [1-100] sentences/paragraphs |
delete or scratch or erase |
delete that or scratch that |
insert space |
undo |
Navigation and Selection
Phrase(s) |
Select word, characters, sentence, para, next, prev, range, unselect/deselect |
select [phrase] |
select word/sentence/paragraph |
select that |
select last/previous [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
select next [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
select from [x] to [y] |
select the word before [phrase] |
select the word after [phrase] |
previous word or next word |
remove selection |
unselect that or deselect that |
go to the next paragraph |
go/move to the previous paragraph |
go/move to the next/previous sentence |
go/move to the next/previous word |
go/move to the next/previous bullet |
go/move to end of sentence |
go/move to end of paragraph |
go/move to the end of column |
go/move to the start/beginning of column |
go/move to the end of row |
go/move to the start/beginning of row |
go/move to the end of table |
go/move to the start/beginning of table |
go/move to the next cell |
go/move to the previous cell |
go/move to the next/previous column |
go/move to the next/previous row |
Formatting
Phrase(s) |
align center |
align left |
align right |
apply style [style Name] |
apply/set [style Name] style |
bold |
bold [word or phrase] |
bold from [x] to [y] |
bold last/previous [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
bold next [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
bold that |
capitalize |
capitalize [word or phrase] |
capitalize from [x] to [y] |
capitalize last/previous [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
capitalize next [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
capitalize that |
change font color to/as [color name] |
change font size to/as [size] |
change highlight color to/as [color] |
change style to [style Name] |
clear formatting |
clear/remove formatting from [word or phrase] |
clear/remove formatting from [x] to [y] |
clear/remove formatting from last/previous [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
clear/remove formatting from next [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
clear/remove formatting from that |
clear/remove formatting from word/sentence/paragraph |
decrease font/text size or reduce font/text size |
decrease indent |
highlight [word or phrase] |
highlight from [x] to [y] |
highlight last/previous [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
highlight next [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
highlight that |
highlight word/sentence/paragraph |
increase font/text size |
increase indent |
italicize [word or phrase] |
italicize from [x] to [y] |
italicize last/previous [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
italicize next [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
italicize that |
italics |
lowercase |
lowercase [word or phrase] |
lowercase from [x] to [y] |
lowercase last/previous [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
lowercase next [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
lowercase that |
make font/text bigger or make font/text larger |
make font/text smaller |
remove bold |
remove formatting |
remove highlight |
remove highlight from [word or phrase] |
remove highlight from [x] to [y] |
remove highlight from last/previous [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
remove highlight from next [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
remove highlight from that |
remove highlight from word/sentence/paragraph |
remove italics/underline/strikethrough/subscript |
set font color to/as [color name] |
set font size to/as [size] |
set highlight color to/as [color] |
set style as/to [style Name] |
set text color to/as [color name] |
set text size to/as [size] |
strikethrough |
strikethrough [word or phrase] |
strikethrough from [x] to [y] |
strikethrough last/previous [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
strikethrough next [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
strikethrough that |
subscript/superscript |
subscript/superscript [word or phrase] |
subscript/superscript from [x] to [y] |
subscript/superscript last [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
subscript/superscript next [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
subscript/superscript that |
underline |
underline [word or phrase] |
underline from [x] to [y] |
underline last/previous [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
underline next [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
underline that |
uppercase |
uppercase [word or phrase] |
uppercase from [x] to [y] |
uppercase last/previous [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
uppercase next [1-100] characters/words/sentences/paragraphs |
uppercase that |
Creating Lists and Tables
Phrase(s) |
add/start/create [c] by [r] table |
add/start/create table or add/start/create new table |
create bullet list |
create list |
create number list |
create numbered list |
delete cell |
delete column |
delete row |
delete/remove [n] columns |
delete/remove [n] columns to/on the left/right |
delete/remove [n] rows |
delete/remove [n] rows above/below |
delete/remove table |
exit list |
exit table or exit this table |
insert [c] by [r] table |
insert [c] column(s) by/and [r] row(s) table |
insert [r] row(s) by/and [c] column(s) table |
insert column |
insert row |
insert table or insert new table |
insert/add/create [n] columns |
insert/add/create [n] columns to/on the left/right |
insert/add/create [n] rows |
insert/add/create [n] rows above/below |
next bullet or next item |
next line |
start/insert/add bullet list |
start/insert/add list |
start/insert/add number list |
start/insert/add numbered list |
Dictation Commands
Phrase(s) |
pause dictation |
stop dictation |
exit/close dictation |
open/show help |
show commands |
insert/add comment |
insert/add comment [content] |
resume dictation |
Symbols
Phrase(s) |
Output |
asterisk |
* |
backslash |
\ |
forward slash |
/ |
vertical bar sign, pipe character |
| |
backquote, backtick |
` |
underscore |
_ |
m-dash |
— |
n-dash |
– |
paragraph sign/mark |
¶ |
section sign |
§ |
ampersand, and sign |
& |
at sign |
@ |
copyright sign |
© |
registered sign |
® |
degree symbol |
° |
caret symbol |
^ |
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