User Manual

Interface Basics 49
The Parallels Workstation window displays an opened virtual machine and a set of visual tools
for managing its behavior. If a virtual machine is not started, only its configuration and
resources, i.e. connected devices, are seen. This is called
property page view. See
Property Page (page 51) to learn more about this. When you start the virtual machine, its
console (on page 53) is opened and acts as the display of a real computer.
Controls available in both property page and console view are the following:
 Parallels Workstation menu;
 Toolbar;
 Status bar.