C H A P T E R 9
Hands-Free Computing
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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Opening documents and folders
You can use voice commands to open a document or folder that appears
on your Windows
®
Start menu or desktop.
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.
For example, to open a document named sales.doc, you could say
“Start
Sales dot doc.”
To open a document named journal.wpd, you could say
“Start journal dot w p d.”
If the document doesn’t open, but the Results box shows that your
command was recognized correctly, make sure the file you’re trying to
open is still on your computer.
Opening documents and folders from the
Windows desktop
To open a document or folder from your Windows
®
desktop, just say
“Start”
and then the name below the icon. For example, to open a folder
named “Projects,” say
“Start Projects.”
Switching between
open windows
You can switch between the windows you have open by saying
“Switch
to”
and then say the name of the program or document window exactly
as it appears in the title bar.
Say “Start Projects”
