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> > edrose19 wrote: > > Sonia Hamilton wrote: > > > How do I use the same vocab with multiple applications? eg I've got a > > > vocab for > > 1) Just copy the words from Vocab A to Vocab. B > > .. > > Rose > > I was hoping to avoid this - I'd prefer one vocab, so I don't have to > worry about keeping two vocabs in sync (I'm continually adding scripts). In some cases it may be possible to avoid copying the words. If ALL of the words you use are common to both applications, then you can write a macro using SetHomeGroup which causes you to switch to the group containing the common words. For details on how to do this, see the DragonDictate help on SetHomeGroup, under scripting language commands under advanced topics. If you put all of the words in the default vocabulary for one of the applications, then you only need to use the macro when you use the other application. If there are some common words and words specific to the individual applications, then you can use a slight variation of the above trick. There is an optional flag on the SetHomeGroup command which tells DragonDictate to use the specified group in addition to the default group for the application. There is another trick mentioned recently on this list, which I have not had a chance to try. You define a macro in each of the applications' vocabularies which is called [<Whatever vocabulary/common>], where the common words are found in the group common of the vocabulary "Whatever vocabulary". The resulting action for this macro should be a script which does a HeardWord common_1 thereby executing the macro or word which is heard. Since this macro is a sentence command (basically <Vocabulary/group> can be filled in with the word from that group of that vocabulary) and since sentence commands only work in command mode, this trick will not work if you need to be in dictate mode while using the common words. However, it should allow you to combine more than two vocabulary groups for use in a single application, as well as more complicated things. I hope that this was helpful. I have left out some of the details, since this message is already quite long. If you can't figure them out from the help files, feel free to send another question to the list. David Fox (davidfox@fas.harvard.edu) P.S. I am using DragonDictate for Windows 2.51. I don't know how much the macro scripting language has changed since previous versions, so if you have an older version, some of the above may not work as described.