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71CommandsMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
Keycommandscanhelpyouinsituationswhereyoumightotherwisehavetouse
thekeyboard,whenthereisnobuilt-incommandthatletsyousaywhatyouwant
done.Andevenwhenthereisabuilt-incommand,keycommandsmaybeeasier
toremember;forexample,evenif youforgettheglobalcommandforcreatinga
newdocumentinanyapplication( FileNew ),youprobablyknowthatitskeycom-
binationisCommand-N,soyoucansay PresstheKeyComboCommandN .
WhenMacSpeechDictatetypesinresponsetoakeycommand,thetypingisdi-
rectedjustasrealkeyboardtypingwouldbe.So,forexample, PresstheKey
ComboCommandN isdirectedtothefrontmostapplication(typicallytocreate
anewdocument),but PresstheKeyComboCommandTab isdirectedtothe
system(andbringsthesecondapplicationtothefront),becausethat’showCom-
mand-Tabistreatedwhenyoutypeitmanually.
Warning.Donotusekeycommandstotypetextwhiledictating!Thatwould
begoingbehindMacSpeechDictate’sback,andwillcreatenavigationprob-
lemslateron.It’swrong,justlikemixingdictationwithmanualtyping.It’sa
violationof theGoldenRule.See“TheCacheandtheGoldenRule.”
How to Say a Key Command
Whatyousaydependsonwhetheryouwanttopressasingle keyorakey com-
binationinvolvingmodierkeys:
singLe Key.Say PresstheKeyKEYNAME ,whereKEYNAMEisthe
nameof thekey.
Key Combination.Say PresstheKeyComboMODIFIERKEYNAME 
or PresstheKeysMODIFIERKEYNAME ,whereKEYNAMEisthe
nameof thekey,andMODIFIERisanycombinationof modierkeynames.
(Keynamesandmodierkeynamesareshownlaterinthissection.)