WD2002: Some Voice Commands Do Not Work (286946)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2002
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002

This article was previously published under Q286946

SYMPTOMS

When you use some voice commands, nothing happens. This behavior occurs when you use the following voice commands:

Uppercase
Delete Last Word
Move to start of document
Move to top of document
Go to beginning of document
Go to start of document
Go to top of document
Move to bottom of document
Go to end of document
Go to bottom of document
Move to start of line
Go to beginning of line
Go to start of line
Go to end of line
Go to next line
Go to previous line
Go back one word
Go forward one word
Move backward one character
Select current Word
Select that
Select current line
Select current paragraph

CAUSE

The words or phrases listed in the "Symptoms" section are not recognized by the speech recognition feature.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the commands that are listed in the following table to accomplish the actions that you need.
   If you want to                       Say this
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------
   Capitalize text                      Capitalize

   Delete a word                        Delete previous word

   Select a word                        Select next word (Word only)
                                        Select last word (Word only)
                                        Select word (PowerPoint only)

   Select a line                        Select next line (Word only)
                                        Select last line (Word only)

   Select a paragraph                   Select paragraph (Word only)

   Select all                           Select all (PowerPoint only)

   Go to the beginning of a document    Start of document

   Go to the end of a document          End of document

   Go to the beginning of a line        Start of line

   Go to the end of a line              End of line

   Go to previous line                  Line up

   Go to next line                      Line down

   Move back one word                   Word left

   Move forward one word                Word right

   Move back one character              Char left

   Move forward one character           Char right
				

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/27/2006
Keywords:kbnofix kbprb KB286946