Quotation marks, Typewriter formatting versus wordprocessor programming Options

[emilp]

I need to find out how to get Dragon NaturallySpeaking to type the double curly quotation marks instead of the vertical quotation marks (inches marks). When working in Microsoft Word, you are given the option of using double curly quotation marks and when you use this setting and manually hit the quotation marks button on the keyboard, you actually do get double curly, but Dragon NaturallySpeaking still types the vertical ones. The same is true with em dashes instead of en dashes (I may be getting that backwards but I need to type the one that looks like one long dash instead of two short dashes). I work as an English teacher/writer/editor so this is crucial.

I appreciate any and all help. Thank you very much.

[KnowBrainer Tech...]

Although Martin's recommendation will work, you may find it unnatural to your workflow because you have to pause before and after deploying both quotes. A more natural way to deploy smart quotes would be to add them to your vocabulary so that you can say something like left quote great job right quote to produce “great job” (without having to pause twice). The following is quoted from the Quick Tips and will work in any version of DNS from Standard up.

You can add the ANSI characters for left/right double quote to your Vocabulary (Smart Quotes in Microsoft Word, IE7, DragonPad and WordPerfect).
1. Say Edit Vocabulary or go to Words|View/Edit and with the cursor in the Written Form hold down the Alt key and on the NUMERIC KEYPAD type 0147(for Left double quote). Add a suitable phrase for the Spoken Form like “Left Quote”.
2. Click the Properties button and select “Keeps capitalization and has no following space”.
3. Repeat for Right double quote - Alt + 0148 and with Properties as “Keeps capitalization and has no preceding space”.
4. 0146 = Right Single Quote ’

You can add any ANSII characters in this way - but not UNICODE characters. ANSII codes are shown when you go to the Windows Character Map (charmap.exe) and click on the appropriate character. You can also download various character charts from Microsoft at:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistan...1331361033.aspx