Excel; Entering Data Into A Spreadsheet - IBM VIAVOICE 10-PRO USB EDITION User Manual

v Every time you press Enter or say "New Paragraph" in your Word
document, Word inserts a paragraph marker and counts this as a
paragraph. To see your paragraph markers, select
Word Standard toolbar.
When you say "Computer select the first three paragraphs", and you have
a paragraph marker between paragraphs of text, ViaVoice will select the
first paragraph, the empty line and the second paragraph.
v Say "What Can I Say for Natural Commands" to view examples of natural
commands.
v Place the cursor where you want the change to occur. Use your mouse or
say a command, such as "Computer move the cursor to the top of the
page" or "Computer select the first word".
v Use continuous speech—do not pause or hesitate while saying the
command.

Excel

You can say natural commands only if the particular command set is enabled
for Microsoft Excel. The natural commands for Excel are enabled when you
select the command set. Follow these instructions to enable the command set.
1. From the ViaVoice menu, select User Options.
2. Click ViaVoice Options and select the Commands Sets tab.
3. Select the Excel Natural Commands check box.
4. Click OK to save the changes and close ViaVoice Options.
The natural commands for Excel enable you to perform common spreadsheet
operations. A natural command may be as simple as "Go to A1" or as
complex as "Calculate one hundred times alpha one".

Entering data into a spreadsheet

You can say numbers directly. After you say a number, the cursor will move
to the next cell. For example:
v You can say "Eight fifty" for 850, "thirty-five hundred" for 3500 and "five
and a third" for 5.333.
v You can say "Three thousand four hundred and twenty-three point seven
five" for 3423.75.
v To add the cells in a column, say "Sum this".
v To enter a new list of numbers, say "Next Entry point".
If your command is misrecognized, say "Scratch that" to delete the data in the
cell, then repeat the command.
on the Microsoft
Chapter 9. Using natural commands
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