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Working on Your Desktop
his chapter describes how to control almost everything on
your 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 “St art” 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 “S tart
Inter net Explo rer.”
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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