User`s guide
Working in a Virtual Machine 134
Using Touchpad Gestures and
Apple Remote
You can use the touchpad or Apple Remote to control some Windows applications. To use this
functionality, enable the corresponding options in the Gestures and Apple Remote pane (p. 200)
of the Virtual Machine Configuration.
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.
In the following table, you can see the list of commands for some popular Windows
applications.
Action Keyboard and Mouse
Combination
Apple Remote Key Touchpad Gesture
Microsoft Power Point
Start a slide show F5
n/a
End a 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
Perform the previous
animation or return to the
previous slide
P, Page Up, Left
Arrow, Up Arrow,
Backspace
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 playback/pause Space
n/a
Skip to the next song Ctrl+F
Swipe right
Play the previous song Ctrl+B
Swipe left
Volume up F8, Up Arrow, wheel
up
n/a
Volume down F9, Down Arrow,
wheel down
n/a
Media Player Classic (k-lite)