User guide

Chapter 10: Working on Your Desktop
Command
Type Syntax
Example
command What happens
Search your com-
puter
search [the]
computer for
[the] <dic-
tation>
"Search the
computer for
budget spread-
sheets"
The search engine displays all
indexed items with the keywords
"budget spreadsheets".
Search e-mail search e-mail
for [the] <dic-
tation>
"Search e-
mail for the
budget"
The search engine displays all
indexed email with the keyword
"budget "
Note: You can use the terms e-
mail, mail, or message inter-
changeably.
Find the top-
ranked email
find [an] email
(about | on)
[the] <dic-
tation>
"Find an
email about
the vacation
schedule"
The search engine displays the
top-ranked email for the keyword
"vacation schedule".
Search documents search [the]
(documents |
files) for [the]
<dictation>
"Search doc-
uments for
budget"
The search engine displays all
indexed documents with the key-
word "budget".
Note: You can use the terms doc-
uments and files interchangeably.
Search your Web
history, favorites,
or bookmarks
search [the]
<category> for
[the] <dic-
tation>
"Search the
Web history
for the budget
forecast"
The search engine displays search
results containing all pages from
your Web history that use the key-
word "budget".
Valid search categories are:
- favorites
- bookmarks
- Web history
Enablingor disabling searching the Desktop by voice
To enable or disable searching the Desktop by voice, open the Commands tab of the
Options dialog box and do one of the following:
Select or deselect the "Enable Desktop search commands" check box.
The option is enabled by default.
Switching between programs and windows
Use this procedure to do any of the following:
n List and switch between open programs or windows.
n List and switch between windows of multi-document applications.
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