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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.

Action

Keyboard and Mouse Combination

Apple Remote

Touchpad Gesture

Microsoft Power Point

Start slide show

F5

The Apple Remote Play button

n/a

End slide show

Esc

Apple Remote Menu

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)

The Apple Remote Next button

Swipe right

Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide

P, Page Up, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, Backspace

The Apple Remote Rrevious button

Swipe left

Zoom in/zoom out

Ctrl+wheel up /Ctrl+wheel down

n/a

Pinch open/pinch close

Microsoft Word/Excel

Zoom in/zoom out

Ctrl+wheel up /Ctrl+wheel down

n/a

Pinch open/pinch close

Windows Media Player

Start/pause playback

Space

The Apple Remote Play button

n/a

Skip to the next song

Ctrl+F

The Apple Remote Next button

Swipe right

Play the previous song

Ctrl+B

The Apple Remote Rrevious button

Swipe left

Volume up

F8, Up Arrow, wheel up

The Apple Remont Plus button

n/a

Volume down

F9, Down Arrow, wheel down

The Apple Remote Minus button

n/a

Media Player Classic (k-lite)

Start playback/pause

Space

The Apple Remote Play button

n/a

Volume up

F8, Up Arrow, wheel up

The Apple Remont Plus button

n/a

Volume down

F9, Down Arrow, wheel down

The Apple Remote Minus button

n/a

Winamp

Start playback/pause

X to start, C to pause

The Apple Remote Play button

n/a

Volume up

Up Arrow, wheel up

The Apple Remont Plus button

n/a

Volume down

Down Arrow, wheel down

The Apple Remote Minus button

n/a

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Page back

Backspace, Alt+Left Arrow

n/a or The Apple Remote Next button

Swipe right

Page forward

Alt+Right Arrow

n/a or The Apple Remote Rrevious button

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 The Apple Remote Next button

Swipe right

Page forward

Alt+Right Arrow

n/a or The Apple Remote Rrevious button

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

The Apple Remote Next button

Swipe right

Previous image

Left Arrow

The Apple Remote Rrevious button

Swipe left

Zoom in/zoom out

"+"/"-"

The Apple Remont Plus button or The Apple Remote Minus button

Pinch open/pinch close

Rotate clockwise

Ctrl+K

n/a

Rotate right

Rotate counterclockwise

Ctrl+L

n/a

Rotate left

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