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Note: If you enable the Microsoft Word set,

for instance, Dragon’s speed within Word (or

Outlook using Word as its editor) may

decrease.

“Voice-Pressing” Keys

At times, you may wish to press a key or two on your keyboard; you can use Dragon to “voice-press” them.

TIP Common accelerator keys for Windows operating systems include: Esc to close a window, Enter to active

the item which has the focus, Tab to move the focus forward, and Shift+Tab to move the focus backward. (You

can search your application’s Help for specific ones; many websites also list useful hot keys). Most buttons,

menus and checkboxes have an underlined letter in their label: you can activate them by pressing the

underlined letter (if underlines are not visible, press Alt first.)

Dragon lets you “voice-type” any key on your keyboard. Just say press or type followed by the name of the

key(s): any letter or number, but also Page Up, Home, Enter, Tab, Caps Lock, F2, Control, Alt, Shift...

For instance:

Say press spacebar to select or unselect a checkbox.

Say press F5 or press Function 5 to refresh the view.

Say press Alt e to “click” a button labeled with an underlined ‘e’.

Say press Control f to open the Find dialog box in most applications.

Say press Escape to “escape” out of a window.

Say press Alt Down to open a drop-down list.

To undo a keystroke, you can say undo that.

Exercise 2: Observe this Find and Replace dialog box and its controls: tabs, drop-down list, and buttons.

Answer the following questions about it (think of “voice-typing” as well as “voice-clicking” options).

Then open the Find dialog in your word processor and practice navigating it by voice.