Working with Roaming user profiles (2024)

To create a new Roaming user profile:

See Creating Roaming user profiles.

To open a different Roaming user profile:

When the Roaming feature is enabled, you can only open Roaming user profiles. You cannot open non-Roaming user profiles, unless you selected the Allow non-Roaming user profiles to be opened option on the Administrative Settings dialog box—Roaming tab.

If you enabled this option, ensure you open the correct user profile type.

1. From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Open User Profile.

   The Open User Profile dialog box opens.

2. Do one of the following:

   • Select a Roaming user profile from the list, or
   • Select the non-Roaming user location from the Location of user profile drop-down list, and then select a non-Roaming user profile.

3. Click Open.

   Dragon closes your current user profile and opens the new one.

To close your Roaming user profile:

From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Close User Profile.

To delete a Roaming user profile:

1. From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Manage User Profiles.

   The Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.

2. Select a user profile.

   You cannot delete the current user profile. To delete it, you must first open a different user profile.

3. Click Delete.

4. Click Yes.

To rename a Roaming user profile:

1. From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Manage User Profiles.

   The Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.

2. Select a user profile.

   You cannot rename the current user profile. To rename it, you must first open a different user profile.

3. Click Rename.

   The Rename User Profile dialog box opens.

4. Specify a new name, and then click OK.

To save your Roaming user profile:

Dragon saves your user profile automatically when you exit. You might save your user profile manually if, for example, you just added many new words to your vocabulary.

From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Save User Profile.

To view Roaming user profile properties:

1. From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Manage User Profiles.

   The Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.

2. Select a user profile.

3. Click Properties.

   The User Profile Properties dialog box opens.

To add a vocabulary to your Roaming user profile:

1. From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Add vocabulary to the current User Profile.

   The New Vocabulary dialog box opens.

2. Specify a vocabulary name, vocabulary on which it should be based, and a region.

   For more information, click Help.

3. Click OK.

To back up your Roaming user profile:

Dragon does not back up Roaming user profiles. Your Dragon administrator must back up Master Roaming user profiles from the network storage location.

To export your Roaming user profile:

1. From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Manage User Profiles.

   The Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.

2. Select a user profile.

3. Select Advanced>Export.

   The Browse for Folder dialog box opens.

4. Navigate to the folder to which you want to export your user profile.

5. Click OK.

   The export begins.

6. Click OK.
7. Click Close.

To import your Roaming user profile:

1. From the DragonBar, select Settings>Profile>Manage User Profiles.

   The Manage User Profiles dialog box opens.

2. Select Advanced>Import.

   The Browse for Folder dialog box opens.

3. Navigate to the folder to which you exported your user profile.

4. Click OK.

   The import begins.

5. Click OK.
6. Click Close.

To upgrade your Roaming user profile:

If you upgraded from a previous version, you had the choice of which user profiles to upgrade. Since most users have only one profile, this is usually an easy choice.

If you chose not to upgrade your profiles when you installed, you can start Upgrade User Profile from the Windows Start menu to upgrade those profiles.

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