It is a bit confusing now, but I think Spotlight is what I was looking for. 
thanks.ÎÒ
On 8 Sep 2011, at 10:41, Rachel magario wrote:

> Alex, use spot light. there are two ways to get to it.
> 1. command plus space bar
> 2. vo keys plus m 3 times
> You can configure to search in the whole computer, or you can get more 
> specific about what you want and how you want to display the results. You 
> configure that on spot light preferences.
> depend upon how your mac is configured to open items, when you find what you 
> want in the results you either open by:
> command plus o
> or just vo space bar
> 
> HTH,
> Rachel
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 8, 2011, at 9:21 AM, Alex Hall wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> I have come to realize that I really miss the start menu in win7.  Ever 
>> since Vista, I stopped using keyboard shortcuts and desktop icons and would 
>> just go to the start menu and type in what I wanted.  After a few letters, 
>> the program would come up and I would just hit enter.  Does the mac have 
>> anything like this, whether built in or as an app? If it has this 
>> functionality built in, what is it and how do I access and use it? Thanks.
>> 
>> Have a great day,
>> Alex (msg sent from BrailleNote
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