Special Edition Using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2002

Design Corner: Using Office XP's New Speech and Handwriting Recognition Tools

Using Office XP's new speech and handwriting recognition tools in PowerPoint can increase your productivity, but these new features are most effective when combined with the more traditional keyboard and mouse. As an example, you could open PowerPoint, click Voice Command on the Language bar, and then say the verbal commands “file, new” to open the New Presentation task pane. From there, say “new file” to create a new presentation. Say “design” to open the Slide Design task pane and apply a design template. Switch to Dictation mode and then dictate a title and subtitle. You can add a new slide by saying “new slide” and, if you choose a bulleted list, you can dictate ...