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when the transcription isn’t very good. And “Select that,” which

highlights whatever you just said.

You can also select any blob of text by specifying what it is, using
“previous” or “next”; a number; and “words,” “sentences,” or
“paragraphs.” For example, “Select the previous five words.”

And you can highlight some text you’ve dictated (for example, to
re-dictate it) by saying “select I’m really not hungry” (or whatever
it is).

“Go to [a word you’ve dictated]” works, too (as in “Go to
kumquat”). So do “Go after [word]” and “Go to the end of that”

(meaning everything you’ve got so far).

You can trigger the Backspace, Enter, End, Home, Page Up, Page

Down, and Delete keys by voice, too: “Tap Backspace.”

Again, set expectations to low, especially when it comes to editing. But at

least it’s fast and free—and has its own keystroke.

Filename Extensions and File Associations

Every operating system needs a mechanism to associate documents with the
applications that created them. When you double-click a Microsoft Word
document icon, for example, Word launches and opens the document.

In Windows, every document comes complete with a normally invisible
filename extension (or just file extension)—a period followed by a suffix
that’s usually three or four letters long. Here are some common examples: