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Opening and Closing Programs and Windows

To close the active window, you can say click close.

To start a program by voice, say start (or open) immediately followed by the name of the application. For

instance, start DragonPad, start Internet Explorer, start Notepad or start Lotus Notes.

TIP Do you need to say "start Word", "start Microsoft Word" or "start Microsoft Office Word 2007"? In the Start

Menu (on your Windows taskbar), look in Programs. Some programs require clicking a series of submenus.

Whatever the final submenu is called is the name Dragon may expect. If you find the listed name inconvenient,

you can create a shortcut to the application and rename that shortcut to something easy; once you have done

that, you can also use the easier name to open the application.

Similarly, you can open any item you see on your desktop (including files and folders): just say open followed

by its name. For instance, to open an item called “winter projects”, you could say open winter projects.

(Here too, it’s helpful to have easily recognizable names!)

To open the Windows Start menu, say click Start or click Start menu (this and other menus can be navigated

by voice, as you will see).

Resizing Windows and Switching Between Them

To minimize an active window, say click minimize or minimize window (the window remains on your screen,

minimized as a taskbar icon). To maximize (enlarge to fit the screen) an active window, say click maximize.

If several windows are open on your computer, you can change which one is active and in the foreground:

• Say 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.

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

• Say 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, Submenus, and Dialog Box 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.

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.)

Note for Office 2007 users: to click the Office Button

(equivalent to the File menu of earlier Office versions),

say "Office Button". To use Office 2007, familiarize yourself with the menu “Ribbon” and its ScreenTips

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