User`s guide

Integrating Mac OS and Virtual Machine 151
Working in Full Screen
In the Full Screen mode, the guest operating system window occupies the whole screen and all
Mac OS X and Parallels Desktop controls are hidden.
Note: You can change the virtual machine view mode only when the virtual machine is running.
To switch to the Full Screen mode, do one of the following:
 Click the Full Screen button
in the Parallels Desktop toolbar
 Choose Full Screen from the View menu
 Use the appropriate hot key combination (Alt+Cmd+Return by default) or
Note: The default hot key combinations can be configured on the Keyboard pane (p. 45) of
the Preferences dialog.
 Click the down arrow button near the Coherence button in the virtual machine
status bar and choose Full Screen from the menu
If you want your virtual machine to use all available displays in the Full Screen mode, select
Use All Displays in Full Screen from the View menu.
Note: All Mac OS X and Parallels Desktop controls are hidden when your virtual machine is
working in the Full Screen view mode. If you want them to appear, press Ctrl+Alt.
To switch the virtual machine from Full Screen to another view mode:
 Press the appropriate hot key combination (Alt+Cmd+Return by default);
 Press Ctrl+Alt to display the Parallels Desktop menus, click the View menu, and choose the
view mode to which you want to switch your virtual machine; or
 Press Ctrl+Alt to display the Dock, right-click the Parallels Desktop icon in the Dock, point
to the View item, and choose the view mode to which you want to switch your virtual
machine.
To set active screen corners or change other Full Screen options, go to the Full Screen pane (p.
190) of the Vi
rtual Machine Configuration dialog.
Setting a Restriction on Switching From Full Screen
In the Security pane (p. 179) of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, you can set a restriction
on switching from the Full Screen mode. If you select the Exit full screen mode option in this
pane, you will have to provide your administrator password each time you want to exit Full
Screen.
To edit the security settings of your virtual machine:
1 Select Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration
dialog.
2 Select the Options tab and go to the Security pane.