Speech recognition commands in Excel - Excel

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Speech recognition commands in Excel

Applies to: Microsoft Office Excel 2003

Applies to
Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Microsoft Excel 2002

This feature is available in the Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English (U.S.), and Japanese language versions of Microsoft Office 2003 and in the Simplified Chinese, English (U.S.), and Japanese language versions of Microsoft Office XP.

Notes

If you are in Voice Command mode and say "print," the file you are currently working on is sent to the printer.
If a command does not appear to work, switch to another program and switch back to the program you are working in, and then say the command again.

Show Navigation commands you can say in Excel

Task to perform	Commands you can say
Display all the commands on a menu	Expand More buttons
In a dialog box, move to the next option or option group	Tab
In a dialog box, move to the previous option or option group	Shift tab
Close a dialog box without saving changes and close menus	Escape Cancel
Go to the end of a row	End Go end
Go to the beginning of a row	Home Go home
Move one cell to the left	Left Left arrow Arrow left Go left
Move one cell to the right	Right Go right Right arrow Arrow right
Move up one cell	Up Go up Up arrow Arrow up
Move down one cell	Down Go down Down arrow Arrow down
Move down one row	Return Enter New line Next line New paragraph
Scroll up	Page up
Scroll down	Page down
Enter a backspace	Backspace
Enter a space	Space Space bar
Delete selected text or all the text in a selected cell	Delete
Move to the previous sheet in the workbook	Previous page
Move to the next sheet in the workbook	Next page
Display the right click menu	Right click Right click menu Show right click menu Context menu Show context menu
If the AutoCorrect Options button is visible, displays the AutoCorrect Options button menu	AutoCorrect options Options button
If the Paste Options button is visible, displays the Paste Options button menu	Paste options Options button
If the Insert Options button is visible, displays the Insert Options button menu	Insert options Options button
If the Smart Tag Actions button is visible, displays the Smart Tag Actions button menu	Smart tag actions Smart tag options Options button
If the Auto Fill Options button is visible, displays the Auto Fill Actions button menu	AutoFill options Options button
When you're editing in a cell, move the insertion point one word to the right within the cell	Right one word Forward word Forward one word Go forward one word Next word Go right word Control right
When you're editing in a cell, move the insertion point one word to the left within the cell	Left one word Back word Back one word Go back one word Last word Control left
When you're editing in a cell, select the next word on the right in a cell	Shift control right Select next word
When you're editing in a cell, select the last word on the left in a cell	Shift control left Select last word
Select a set of cells going up in the worksheet	Shift control up Select last line
Select a set of cells going down in the worksheet	Shift control down Select next line

Show Other commands you can say in Excel

Task to perform	Commands you can say
Open	Open File open Open file
Close	File exit Close worksheet
Bold	On bold Turn on bold
Remove bold	Off bold Unbold Turn off bold Remove bold
Italicize and remove italics	Italic Italics Italicize
Cut selected text	Cut
Copy	Copy
Paste	Paste
Show the Office Clipboard	Copy copy Office clipboard Show clipboard Show office clipboard
Hide the Office Clipboard	Hide clipboard Hide office clipboard
Undo	Undo
Redo	Redo Repeat
Save	Save
Add a decimal place to a selected cell	Decimal up
Decrease a decimal place from a selected sell	Decimal down
Increase the size of a selected cell to fit text	Auto fit Auto fit selection
Show the task pane	Task pane Show task pane View task pane
Hide the task pane	Hide task pane
Hide the Office Assistant	Hide the assistant
Print preview	Print preview

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