Saving and Exporting Saving and Exporting Dragon Text MacrosDragon Text Macros

Creating and Saving a Dragon Creating and Saving a Dragon Text MacroText Macro

Here is an example of a physical exam that would make a good text macro. This is for impingement syndrome. Any history, physical exam or procedure text that could be repetitive between patients is a good candidate for a Dragon text macro.

To create a text macro, simply highlight the text you wish to convert, right mouse click the highlighted text (or use Ctrl-C on your keyboard) and copy it.

Next, click on the Tools button in the Dragon Navigation Bar (here shown on the bottom…default is at the top) to bring up the various options under this heading. Click on “Add New Command”

This dialog box pops up as the MyCommands Editor. Give your new macro an easy to remember name, and then move your cursor to the “Content” box.

Using either your mouse commands (right click and Paste) or the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl-V), paste your text into the “Content” box as shown. You are now ready to save and export your new Dragon text macro.

If you wish to check on your text macro, or you wish to know the exact name of a text macro you have imported, click on the Tools button and then on “Command Browser”. This dialog box opens, and you can see what every command is named. This ensures you can insert the text by knowing the exact name to use.

Exporting the Macro Exporting the Macro (to share with others)(to share with others)

To export a Dragon text macro to share with friends and family, simply highlight the text to export and click the “Words” button on the Dragon Navigation Bar. Then click on “Export”.

The export custom words Dialog box appears, and you can save the file as a TXT or RTF file. Here, the file has been saved as a TXT file, which is the default in the export box.

Alternatively, when you highlight the text you wish to save, you can copy it using the mouse or keyboard shortcuts, and then paste it into DragonPad as shown.

From DragonPad, you can save the file as an RTF file (the default) or as a TXT file. Now the file is ready for export.

You can now attach the file, as either an RTF or a TXT file, two and e-mail and send it to your friends were to me for posting on the USAFP website.

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