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You can also say the following:

“switch to” followed immediately by the name of the desired application, folder, or document: e.g., •

switch to DragonPad, switch to Lotus Notes, switch to My Computer, switch to DragonBar, switch to

winter projects.

switch to previous window to go back to the previously active window. •

switch to next window as many times as necessary to cycle through all the open windows (this is •

equivalent to pressing Alt +Tab).

“Clicking” Menus and Controls

To "click" on an application menu or submenu, just say its name; for instance, for a menu labeled Insert, say

Insert. (The application must have the focus, which you can usually tell by the appearance of its title bar.)

When accessing a submenu, pause briefly after the name of the menu. For instance, to see the available

toolbars in applications like Word 2003, you can say View (pause) Toolbars, and to save a file under a certain

name, you can say File (pause) Save As.

TIP

To close an open menu, you can just say cancel or press Escape (just like pressing the Esc key at the top

left of your keyboard.)

To use Office 2007 by voice, first familiarize yourself with the “Ribbon” and its ScreenTips (revealing the

item’s name), Quick Access Toolbar, and KeyTips (the new display of keyboard shortcuts). Note that the

command to click the Office Button (equivalent to the File menu of earlier Office versions) is "Office

button".

With Office 2010, Microsoft introduced some changes to the applications’ interface – in particular, it introduced

the File Tab. The other tabs can be accessed by voice by just saying their name, but for the File Tab you must