Using Touchpad Gestures and Apple Remote
You can use the touchpad gestures and Apple Remote to control some Windows applications.
Touchpad gestures are supported by default, while the support for Apple Remote needs to be enabled in the virtual machine configuration. To enable Apple Remote, open the virtual machine configuration by choosing
Virtual Machine
>
Configure
, click
Options
>
Advanced
, and select
Enable
next to
Apple Remote
.
Note:
This feature is available for the following guest operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008.
The following table provides commands to control some of the popular Windows applications.
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Action
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Keyboard and Mouse Combination
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Apple Remote
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Touchpad Gesture
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Microsoft Power Point
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Start slide show
|
F5
|
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n/a
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End slide show
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Esc
|
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n/a
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Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide
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N, Enter, Page Down, Right Arrow, Down Arrow, Space (or click the mouse)
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Swipe right
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Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide
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P, Page Up, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, Backspace
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Swipe left
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Zoom in/zoom out
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Ctrl+wheel up /Ctrl+wheel down
|
n/a
|
Pinch open/pinch close
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Microsoft Word/Excel
|
Zoom in/zoom out
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Ctrl+wheel up /Ctrl+wheel down
|
n/a
|
Pinch open/pinch close
|
Windows Media Player
|
Start/pause playback
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Space
|
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n/a
|
Skip to the next song
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Ctrl+F
|
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Swipe right
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Play the previous song
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Ctrl+B
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Swipe left
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Volume up
|
F8, Up Arrow, wheel up
|
|
n/a
|
Volume down
|
F9, Down Arrow, wheel down
|
|
n/a
|
Media Player Classic (k-lite)
|
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
|
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
|
Page back
|
Backspace, Alt+Left Arrow
|
n/a or
|
Swipe right
|
Page forward
|
Alt+Right Arrow
|
n/a or
|
Swipe left
|
Zoom in/zoom out
|
Ctrl+wheel up/Ctrl+wheel down
|
n/a
|
Pinch open/pinch close
|
Mozilla Firefox
|
Page back
|
Backspace, Alt+Left Arrow
|
n/a or
|
Swipe right
|
Page forward
|
Alt+Right Arrow
|
n/a or
|
Swipe left
|
Zoom in/zoom out
|
Ctrl+wheel up/Ctrl+wheel down or Ctrl+"+"/Ctrl+"-"
|
n/a
|
Pinch open/pinch close
|
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
|
Next image
|
Right Arrow
|
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Swipe right
|
Previous image
|
Left Arrow
|
|
Swipe left
|
Zoom in/zoom out
|
"+"/"-"
|
or
|
Pinch open/pinch close
|
Rotate clockwise
|
Ctrl+K
|
n/a
|
Rotate right
|
Rotate counterclockwise
|
Ctrl+L
|
n/a
|
Rotate left
|
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