After you start voice typing, you can use commands to edit and format your document. For example, "Select paragraph," "italics," or "Go to the end of the line."
Notes:
Voice commands are available only in English. The account language and document language must both be English.
Voice commands are not available in Slides speaker notes.
Select text
To select text, say these commands:
Select [word or phrase]
Select all
Select all matching text
Select list item
Select list items at current level
Select next character
Select next [number] characters
Select last character
Select last [number] characters
Select line
Select next line
Select next [number] lines
Select last line
Select last [number] lines
Select paragraph
Select next paragraph
Select next [number] paragraphs
Select last paragraph
Select last [number] paragraphs
Select word
Select next word
Select next [number] words
Select last word
Select last [number] words
Deselect
Unselect
Select none
Format your document
To format your document, say these commands:
Apply heading [1–6]
Apply normal text
Apply subtitle
Apply title
Bold
Italicize
Italics
Strikethrough
Subscript
Superscript
Underline
All caps [word or phrase]
Capitalize [word or phrase]
Note: "All caps" makes the word or phrase all capital letters. "Capitalize" capitalizes only the first letter.
Text color [color]
Highlight
Highlight [color]
Background color [color]
Remove highlight
Remove background color
Note: The colors available are: red, red berry, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, cornflower blue, purple, magenta, black, white, and gray. For all colors except black and white, you can add "light" or "dark" along with numbers 1-3 (for gray, 1-4), such as "dark purple 3." If you say "highlight" by itself, the highlighting color is yellow.
Decrease font size
Increase font size
Font size [6-400]
Make bigger
Make smaller
Decrease indent
Increase indent
Line spacing [1-100]
Line spacing double
Line spacing single
Align center
Align justified
Align left
Align right
Center align
Left align
Right align
Apply 1 column
Apply 2 columns
Apply 3 columns
Column options
Insert column break
Create bulleted list
Create numbered list
Insert bullet
Insert number
Clear formatting
Remove formatting
Remove bold
Remove italics
Remove strikethrough
Remove underline
Edit your document
To edit your document, say these commands:
Copy
Cut
Paste
Delete
Delete last word
Delete [word or phrase]
Insert link [then say the URL you want to use]
Copy link
Delete link
Insert table of contents
Delete table of contents
Update table of contents
Insert comment [then say your comment]
Insert bookmark
Insert equation
Insert footer
Insert footnote
Insert header
Insert horizontal line
Insert page break
Notes:
If you say "Delete" by itself, you delete the word before the cursor.
If you select the text of a URL and say "Insert link", the selected text becomes a hyperlink.
Add and edit tables
To add and edit tables, say these commands:
Insert table
Insert table [1-20] rows by [1-20] columns
Insert row
Insert column
Insert new column
Insert new column on the left
Insert new row
Insert new row above
Insert new row below
Delete column
Delete row
Delete table
Remove column
Remove row
Remove table
Exit table
Stop voice typing
To stop voice typing, say "Stop listening."
Resume voice typing
To move the cursor to the end of the paragraph and start voice typing again, say "Resume."
To move the cursor to the end of a particular word or phrase, say "Resume with [word or phrase]."
Here are all the commands you can say to resume voice typing:
Resume
Resume with [word or phrase]
Go to the end of the paragraph
Move to the end of the paragraph
Go to the end of the line
Move to the end of the line
Go to [word]
Commands to open help
To open a list of voice commands in your document, say these commands:
Voice typing help
Voice commands list
See all voice commands
Speak (for accessibility)
To use these commands, turn on screen reader support. It's best to wear headphones so the screen reader feedback isn't typed into your document.
Speak cursor location
Speak from cursor location
Speak selection
Speak selection formatting
Speak table row and column headers
Speak table cell location
Speak table column header
Speak table row header