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Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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Working on your Desktop
his chapter describes how to control almost everything on your
computer with Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice commands.
Programs, documents and folders
Using voice commands, you can start programs and open documents
and folders that appear in your Start menu or desktop.
You can’t start Dragon NaturallySpeaking by voice. However, you can
automatically start Dragon NaturallySpeaking in sleep mode whenever
you start Windows by selecting “Microphone on (asleep)” option in the
Miscellaneous tab of the Options dialog box. See the online help for
more information.
Starting a program
To start a program from the Start menu, say “Start” and then the name
of the program exactly as it appears on the menu or submenu of the
Start menu. You can also say the name displayed below the icon on
your desktop.
For example, to start Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer
®
, say “Start Internet
Explorer.”
Opening documents and folders from the
Start menu
To open a document or folder from the Start menu, say “Start” and
then the name of the document or folder exactly as it appears on the
menu.
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