Dictate Feature Updates in Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneNote

Posted on: 10/12/2022

Dictate in Word, Outlook, OneNote, and PowerPoint allows users to use speech-to-text to author content in files.

**Dictate Feature in Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and OneNote**

All that is needed is a microphone and a reliable internet connection. Dictate is easy to use. You can use automatic punctuation, bullets, and numbered lists. You can also format text with the Dictate feature. Dictate is located on the Home tab in all four apps.

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Turn on Auto Punctuate in Dictation

Click Dictation Settings
Make sure Enable auto punctuation is turned on.

You can also turn on Filter sensitive phrases. The Microphone setting are also in Dictation settings.

**Enable auto-punctuation with Dictation**

Creating List with Dictate

Phrase

start list
start numbered list
next line
exit list

Viewing all commands in Dictate

Click Help, the Question mark to view all commands. Tip: You can have the commands up when use Dictate.

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