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Table of Contents
VoiceOver User Guide
Welcome
What’s new in VoiceOver
VoiceOver basics
Get started
Turn VoiceOver on or off
Learn and practice VoiceOver
Control your Mac with keyboard commands
macOS basics
Use VoiceOver in the login window
Menu bar
Desktop
Finder
Dock
Launchpad
Notification Center
Navigate notifications
Mission Control
Stage Manager
Touch Bar
Navigate the FileVault login window without VoiceOver on an Intel-based Mac
Work with apps and windows
Use VoiceOver with a full-screen app
Hear open apps and windows
Switch apps and windows
Navigate app windows with window spots
Make VoiceOver ignore the next keypress
Move and resize items
Work with text
Read text
Scroll to content
Hear punctuation
Hear whitespace
Hear text attribute changes
Hear the current selection
Repeat, copy, or save the last spoken phrase
Select text
Hear what you type
Complete partial words
Correct misspelled words
Find text formatting issues
Navigate content
By letters, text, or attributes
Use cursor tracking
With cursor wrapping
With the Tab key
With the VoiceOver rotor
With Quick Nav
With the Item Chooser
Navigate, sort, and reorder tables
Use hot spots
Use positional audio
Drag and drop items
Perform an item’s alternate action