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# Generated Commands

Dragon Dictate, as it starts up, will optionally generate global commands that let you launch an application or create an email message addressed to someone in your Contacts.

### Launching Applications

To generate commands for launching applications:

- Check Generate Application Launch Commands in the Command Preferences pane.

Nothing will happen immediately; you need to quit Dragon Dictate and start it up again. When you do, as it starts up, Dragon Dictate will look through all the applications on your computer and generate commands of the form Activate XXX, where “XXX” is the name of the application. For example, you have Safari on your computer, so a command Activate Safari will be generated. You’ll be able to say Activate Safari to launch it or bring it to the front if it is already running.

The commands for launching applications will appear in the Available Commands window in the Applications subgroup of the Global group.

### Email Messages

To generate commands for creating pre-addressed email messages:

- Check Generate Email Commands in the Command Preferences pane.

The Email Commands subgroup will appear in the Global group in the Available Commands window. The Email commands are globally available (you do not have to be in Mail to use one). Dragon Dictate lets you say the name of any person or group that has an email address in your Contacts.

To create an email message:

- Say Send an Email To XXX, where “XXX” is the primary addressee.

To specify multiple addressees:

- Append "and" as you give your command.

  > For example: Send an Email To XXX and YYY. You can have more than two addressees: Send an Email To XXX and YYY and ZZZ and so forth.

Dragon Dictate responds by creating a new email window addressed as specified, with the insertion point in the Subject line ready for you to dictate a subject.