Utter Command Task Tours:
36 practical tours that take you through common tasks

Anatomy of a Task Tour
Common tasks, Number of steps, Sample pages and Videos
Step comparison graph


Anatomy of a Task Tour


Common tasks, number of steps and sample pages

			Number of steps
Utter Command Task Tours Contents			UC	Key/Mouse	Sample pages
UC Menu and help					Contents Tour 4 Tour 9 Tour 12 Tour 13a Tour 15 Tour 19 Tour 34
	1.	Accessing the UC menu	36	105
	2.	Navigating UC on-screen help files	22	62
	3.	Making your own on-screen guide	17	42
Basic control: Windows menus and dialog boxes, program menus and dialog boxes, and the mouse
	4.	Accessing Windows menus - Video	25	42
	5.	Accessing Windows dialog boxes	31	66
	6.	Accessing menu functions	33	68
	7.	Rulers and mouse commands	28	50
	8.	Using mouse commands to play Solitaire	NA	NA
Word Processing, email and the Internet
	9.	Dictating, editing and bolding - Video	19	37
	10.	Moving text around	17	37
	11.	Dictating a list	25	45
	12.	Sending email - Video	10	28
	13a.	The Internet -- with Firefox as your default browser: recommended - Video	30	55
	13b.	The Internet -- with Internet Explorer as your default browser	37	59
Beyond the keyboard and mouse
	14.	Using the UC List dialog box for instant folder, file and reminder access	19	71
	15.	Making words and windows dance - Video	18	168
	16.	Controlling a window from another window	19	42
	17.	Using Keywords to quickly move around a document	22	57
	18.	Using Keywords to quickly move around a spreadsheet	12	27
	19.	Using Keywords to quickly move around slides	21	38
	20.	Cutting and pasting with UC Clipboard “1-20 File” temporary Notepad files	20	77
	21.	Using the UC Clipboard “1-20 List File” permanent Notepad files	20	48
	22.	Using the UC Clipboard “Alpha-Zulu File” permanent WordPad files	8	25
	23.	Using the UC Clipboard “Doc 1-20 File” permanent Word files	13	25
Using UC commands to do anything in any program
	24.	Finding the right commands	25	48
	25.	Using keyboard shortcuts, mouse commands and toolbar buttons	20	34
	26.	Formatting in Word	31	69
	27a.	Formatting in Word using Word’s Styles utility -- dialog box version	28	50
	27b.	Formatting in Word using Word’s Styles utility -- task pane version	34	59
	28.	Making an Excel chart and graph	31	69
	29.	Making a PowerPoint presentation - Video	30	54
	30.	Controlling PowerPoint slides	12	30
	31.	Adding a contact in Outlook	15	17
	32.	Adding an appointment in Outlook, common method	18	27
	33.	Adding an appointment in Outlook, direct-to-dialog-box method	23	33
	34.	Controlling Media Player	21	33
	35.	Controlling menus in any program including Writer	20	47
	36.	Filling out forms	25	51
		Total -- steps in all 36 tasks	835	1,896

Also see videos page


Step comparison graph

Across the 36 Task Tours (see above), Utter Command averages 1 command to every 2.3 keyboard/mouse commands -- 835 UC steps to 1,896 keyboard/mouse steps.