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Table Of Contents
Dragon Installation and User Guide
Controlling menus
Youcanopen,close,andchooseitemsfromthemenusinmostprogramsbyvoice.Tocontrol
themenusinawindow,thewindowmustbeactive.
To open a menu
Sayoneofthefollowing:
"Click"followedbythenameofthemenu.
Justsaythemenuname.
Example:
"ClickFile"or"File"
Dragon'sdefaultsettingistorequirethatyousay"Click"toselectmenusandcontrols.See
Require"Click"toselectmenusRequire"Click"toselectmenusintheDragonHelp.
To choose an item from an open menu
Justsaytheitem(youcanstillsay"Click"butDragondoesn'tneedyouto).
Example:
IftheFilemenuisopen,say"New"
To close a menu
Say"Cancel"
Notes
n Say"ClickStartMenu"or"ClickStart"toopentheStartmenu.Youmustsay"Click"to
opentheStartmenu.Bydefault,youmustsay"Click"beforethenameofmenusin
commands.Tochangethesetting,seeRequire"Click"toselectmenusRequire"Click"
toselectmenusintheDragonHelp.
n Saying"Cancel"isequivalenttopressingtheESCkey.
n InsomeversionsofWindows,afeaturecalledActiveAccessibilityallowsyoutocontrol
certainwindowsmenusandcontrolsbyvoice.IfyourversionofWindowssupports
ActiveAccessibility,the"Voice-enablemenus,buttons,andothercontrols,excluding"
optionontheMiscellaneoustaboftheOptionsdialogboxmustbeoninordertouse
voicecommandstocontrolmenus.WhenyoufirstinstallDragonNaturallySpeaking,
thisoptionisonbydefault.
Selecting buttons and dialog box options
Youcanselectbuttonsanddialogboxoptionsbyvoice.
Thedialogboxmustbetheactivewindow.
To select a button, checkbox or option
Say"Click"followedbythenameofthebuttonorothercontrol,asitappearsinthewindow.
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