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3 Press Control-Option-Down Arrow to move down the Dock menu until you hear the
location of the Dock. For example, “Position on bottom checked.”
Setting Dock Preferences
You can also use the Dock submenu to set some preferences for the Dock and quickly
access the Dock preferences pane of System Preferences.
When hiding is turned on in the Dock submenu, the Dock disappears from the desktop.
Dragging the mouse pointer to where the Dock appears when it’s visible causes it to
pop up and remain visible as you move the mouse along it. With VoiceOver, you just
have to press the VoiceOver command for the Dock to make the Dock visible.
Working With Contextual Menus for Dock Items
Every item in the Dock has a contextual menu. For example, you can remove an icon
from the Dock or permanently add one for an application whose icon would normally
appear in the Dock only when that application was open. The items in the contextual
menu vary, depending on the type of item.
To open a contextual menu for an item in the Dock:
m Press Control-Option-Shift-M when the VoiceOver cursor is on the item.
Use the standard menu navigation techniques to navigate and select items from a
contextual menu. If you want to close the menu without making a selection, press the
Escape key.
You can practice using the Dock in the exercise at the end of this chapter.
Switching Between Applications and Windows
Most people have more than one application open at a time and often one or more
windows open for each application. You can use a standard Mac OS X keyboard to
quickly switch between open applications.
To switch between open applications:
1 Press and hold down the Command and Tab keys.
2 Continue to hold down the Command key while you press and release the Tab key.
Each time you press the Tab key, you hear the next application.
3 When you hear the application you want to switch to, release both keys.
You can use the Application Chooser menu and the Window Chooser menu in
VoiceOver to switch quickly to the application and window you want to use.
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