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:
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Start Windows
.
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Do one of the following:
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Click the Parallels icon
in the menu bar and choose
Configure
.
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If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose
Actions
>
Configure
.
-
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
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Keyboard and Mouse Combination
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Apple Remote
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Touchpad Gesture
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General
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Scroll
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Up, down, left, or right arrow
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n/a
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Swipe up, down, left, or right with two fingers
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Microsoft Power Point
|
Start slide show
|
F5
|
|
n/a
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End slide show
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Esc
|
|
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 with three fingers
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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 with three fingers
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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
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Windows Media Player
|
Start/pause playback
|
Space
|
|
n/a
|
Skip to the next song
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Ctrl+F
|
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Swipe right with three fingers
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Play the previous song
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Ctrl+B
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Swipe left with three fingers
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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, 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
|
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
|
Next image
|
Right Arrow
|
|
Swipe right with three fingers
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Previous image
|
Left Arrow
|
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Swipe left with three fingers
|
Zoom in/zoom out
|
"+"/"-"
|
or
|
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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