Nuance comm K609AGC3110, K609A-GC3-11.0 manual Programs, documents, and folders, Starting a program

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Working on Your Desktop

his chapter describes how to control almost everything on Tyour computer with Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice commands.

Programs, documents, and folders

Using voice commands, you can start programs and open documents and folders that appear in your Start menu or desktop.

You can’t start Dragon by voice. However, you can have Dragon automatically start in Sleep mode whenever you start Windows by selecting Microphone on (asleep) option in the Miscellaneous tab of the Options dialog box. See the online help for more information.

Starting a program

To start a program from the Start menu, say “Start” and then the name of the program exactly as it appears on the menu or submenu of the Start menu. You can also say the name displayed below the icon on your desktop.

For example, to start Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, say “Start Internet Explorer.”

Shorter names for popular programs

From start_and_exit_programs

For the popular Windows programs listed here, you can use shorter program names in addition to the standard program label shown on the Start menu or under the program icon on the Desktop. For other programs you'll need to say the standard program label.

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