Control Programs with Trackpad Gestures or the Apple Remote
You can use the Apple Remote to control some Windows programs. If you have an Apple portable computer, such as a Macbook, or if you have an Apple Magic Trackpad, you can use gestures, such as swiping left or right across the trackpad, to control some Windows programs.
Note: You can control some Windows programs using three-finger swipes only if you're using Parallels Desktop with Mac OS X Snow Leopard. In OS X Lion and later, three-finger swipes are used by default to move between full-screen apps and spaces.
To use the Apple Remote, you must first enable it by doing the following:
- Start Windows .
-
Do one of the following:
-
Click the Parallels icon
in the menu bar and choose
Configure
.
- If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions > Configure .
-
Click the Parallels icon
- Click Options , and then click Advanced.
- Select Enable next to Apple Remote .
The following table provides commands to control some of the more popular Windows programs.
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Action |
Keyboard and Mouse Combination |
Apple Remote |
Touchpad Gesture |
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General |
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Scroll |
Up, down, left, or right arrow |
n/a |
Swipe up, down, left, or right with two fingers |
|
Microsoft Power Point |
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Start slide show |
F5 |
|
n/a |
|
End slide show |
Esc |
|
n/a |
|
Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide |
N, Enter, Page Down, Right Arrow, Down Arrow, Space (or click the mouse) |
|
Swipe right with three fingers |
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Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide |
P, Page Up, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, Backspace |
|
Swipe left with three fingers |
|
Zoom in/zoom out |
Ctrl+wheel up /Ctrl+wheel down |
n/a |
Pinch open/pinch close |
|
Microsoft Word/Excel |
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|
Zoom in/zoom out |
Ctrl+wheel up /Ctrl+wheel down |
n/a |
Pinch open/pinch close |
|
Windows Media Player |
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Start/pause playback |
Space |
|
n/a |
|
Skip to the next song |
Ctrl+F |
|
Swipe right with three fingers |
|
Play the previous song |
Ctrl+B |
|
Swipe left with three fingers |
|
Volume up |
F8, Up Arrow, wheel up |
|
n/a |
|
Volume down |
F9, Down Arrow, wheel down |
|
n/a |
|
Media Player Classic (k-lite) |
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|
Start playback/pause |
Space |
|
n/a |
|
Volume up |
F8, Up Arrow, wheel up |
|
n/a |
|
Volume down |
F9, Down Arrow, wheel down |
|
n/a |
|
Winamp |
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Start playback/pause |
X to start, C to pause |
|
n/a |
|
Volume up |
Up Arrow, wheel up |
|
n/a |
|
Volume down |
Down Arrow, wheel down |
|
n/a |
|
Microsoft Internet Explorer |
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Page back |
Backspace, Option+Left Arrow (Alt+Left Arrow) |
n/a or
|
Swipe right with three fingers |
|
Page forward |
Option+Right Arrow (Alt+Right Arrow) |
n/a or
|
Swipe left with three fingers |
|
Zoom in/zoom out |
Ctrl+wheel up/Ctrl+wheel down |
n/a |
Pinch open/pinch close |
|
Mozilla Firefox |
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|
Page back |
Backspace, Option+Left Arrow (Alt+Left Arow) |
n/a or
|
Swipe right with three fingers |
|
Page forward |
Option+Right Arrow (Alt+Right Arrow) |
n/a or
|
Swipe left with three fingers |
|
Zoom in/zoom out |
Ctrl-wheel up/Ctrl-wheel down or Ctrl-"+"/Ctrl-"-" |
n/a |
Pinch open/pinch close |
|
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer |
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|
Next image |
Right Arrow |
|
Swipe right with three fingers |
|
Previous image |
Left Arrow |
|
Swipe left with three fingers |
|
Zoom in/zoom out |
"+"/"-" |
|
Pinch open/pinch close |
|
Rotate clockwise |
Ctrl+K |
n/a |
Rotate right with two fingers |
|
Rotate counterclockwise |
Ctrl+L |
n/a |
Rotate left with two fingers |
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