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aPPLiCation.Thecommandlaunchesaspeciedapplication.MacSpeech
Dictatecangeneratelaunchcommandsforallyourapplications(see“Gener-
atedCommands”),butif youdidn’twanttoactivatethatoption,anAppli-
cationcommandwouldbeusefulforlaunchingaparticularfrequentlyused
application.
booKmarK.ThecommandjumpstoaURLinyourdefaultbrowser.The
“Web100”commandsareBookmarkcommands(see“TheWeb100Com-
mands”).ListedinthecommandlistasaURLtype.
fiLe or foLder.ThecommandopensaspeciedleorfolderintheFinder
(andactivatestheFinder).ListedinthecommandlistasanAliastype.
menu item.Thecommandchoosesamenuitem,speciedbymenuand
menuitemname.AMenuItemcommandmustbecreatedandeditedina
specicapplicationcontext,thoughitmaylaterbechangedtoGlobalcontext
if desired.
sheLL sCriPt.Thecommandexecutesashellscript.TheShellScripttext
eldintheCommandswindowisascripteditingenvironment.Thescript
shouldbeginwitha“shebang”line(e.g.#!/bin/sh).Runningashellscriptdoes
notopentheTerminal,andthereisnomeansof viewingoutput;ashellscript
toberunfromwithinMacSpeechDictateshouldgenerallybecreatedand
testedelsewhere.
text maCro.Thecommandinsertsspeciedtextattheinsertionpointof 
thefrontmostdocument.Thisisagoodwaytostoreandenterboilerplatetext
(hunksof namedtext)oranyfrequentlyusedtextthatisawkwardtodictateor
thatneedstobeformattedwithoutregardtoMacSpeechDictate’sautomatic
capitalizationandpunctuationrules.
automator WorKfLoW.ThecommandexecutesanAutomatorworkow,
speciedbythepathnameof theworkowle.