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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="vm-status-bar">
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| 4 | <title>Virtual Machine Status Bar</title>
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| 5 | <body>
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| 6 | <p>A status bar is displayed at the bottom of the virtual machine window. The status bar contains icons that enable
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| 7 | you to view and change settings for the virtual machine, as follows: </p>
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| 8 | <ul>
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| 9 | <li><p>Highlight an icon to show details of the current settings.</p></li>
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| 10 | <li><p>Right-click an icon to change a setting.</p>
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| 11 | <p>Some settings, such as audio, can be changed directly by right-clicking the status bar icon. For other
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| 12 | settings, you select from the displayed menu options.</p>
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| 13 | </li>
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| 14 | </ul>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <p><xref href="#vm-status-bar/table-status-bar-icons"/> describes the icons on the status bar.</p>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <table id="table-status-bar-icons">
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| 19 | <title>Virtual Machine Status Bar Icons</title>
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| 20 | <desc>Describes icons on the status bar located at the bottom of the virtual machine window</desc>
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| 21 | <tgroup cols="2">
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| 22 | <thead>
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| 23 | <row>
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| 24 | <entry>
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| 25 | <p>
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| 26 | <b>Icon</b>
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| 27 | </p>
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| 28 | </entry>
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| 29 | <entry>
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| 30 | <p>
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| 31 | <b>Description</b>
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| 32 | </p>
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| 33 | </entry>
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| 34 | </row>
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| 35 | </thead>
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| 36 | <tbody>
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| 37 | <row>
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| 38 | <entry>
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| 39 | <p>
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| 40 | <xref href="images/icon_sata.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 41 | <image href="images/icon_sata.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 42 | <alt>SATA device settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 43 | </image>
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| 44 | </xref>
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| 45 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_sata.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 46 | <alt>SATA device settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 47 | </image>
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| 48 | </p>
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| 49 | </entry>
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| 50 | <entry>
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| 51 | <p><b>Storage (SATA)</b></p>
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| 52 | <p>Settings for attached SATA storage devices, such as hard disk drives.</p>
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| 53 | <p>See also <xref href="settings-storage.dita"/>.</p>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | </entry>
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| 56 | </row>
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| 57 | <row>
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| 58 | <entry>
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| 59 | <p>
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| 60 | <xref href="images/icon_ide.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 61 | <image href="images/icon_ide.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 62 | <alt>IDE device settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 63 | </image>
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| 64 | </xref>
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| 65 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_ide.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 66 | <alt>IDE device settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 67 | </image>
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| 68 | </p>
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| 69 | </entry>
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| 70 | <entry>
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| 71 | <p><b>Storage (IDE)</b></p>
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| 72 | <p>Settings for attached IDE storage devices, such as optical CD-ROM drives.</p>
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| 73 | <p>See also <xref href="settings-storage.dita"/>.</p>
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| 74 | <p>Right-click to show options for adding and removing IDE devices.</p>
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| 75 | <p>See also <xref href="virtual-media-manager.dita"/>.</p>
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| 76 | </entry>
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| 77 | </row>
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| 78 | <row>
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| 79 | <entry>
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| 80 | <p>
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| 81 | <xref href="images/icon_audio.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 82 | <image href="images/icon_audio.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 83 | <alt>Audio settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 84 | </image>
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| 85 | </xref>
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| 86 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_audio.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 87 | <alt>Audio settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 88 | </image>
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| 89 | </p>
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| 90 | </entry>
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| 91 | <entry>
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| 92 | <p><b>Audio</b></p>
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| 93 | <p>Settings for audio output and audio input.</p>
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| 94 | <p>Right-click to change a setting. The status bar icon is updated automatically to show
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| 95 | which settings are enabled.</p>
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| 96 | <p>See also <xref href="settings-audio.dita"/>.</p>
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| 97 | </entry>
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| 98 | </row>
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| 99 | <row>
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| 100 | <entry>
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| 101 | <p>
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| 102 | <xref href="images/icon_network.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 103 | <image href="images/icon_network.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 104 | <alt>Network settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 105 | </image>
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| 106 | </xref>
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| 107 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_network.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 108 | <alt>Network settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 109 | </image>
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| 110 | </p>
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| 111 | </entry>
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| 112 | <entry>
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| 113 | <p><b>Network</b></p>
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| 114 | <p>Settings for attached network adapters.</p>
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| 115 | <p>Right-click to connect or disconnect a network adapter.</p>
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| 116 | <p>See also <xref href="settings-network.dita"/>.</p>
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| 117 | </entry>
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| 118 | </row>
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| 119 | <row>
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| 120 | <entry>
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| 121 | <p>
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| 122 | <xref href="images/icon_usb.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 123 | <image href="images/icon_usb.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 124 | <alt>USB settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 125 | </image>
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| 126 | </xref>
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| 127 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_usb.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 128 | <alt>USB settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 129 | </image>
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| 130 | </p>
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| 131 | </entry>
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| 132 | <entry>
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| 133 | <p><b>USB</b></p>
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| 134 | <p>Settings for attached USB devices.</p>
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| 135 | <p>Right-click to select from the available USB devices on the host and
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| 136 | to specify a USB filter.</p>
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| 137 | <p>See also <xref href="settings-usb.dita#settings-usb"/>.</p>
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| 138 | </entry>
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| 139 | </row>
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| 140 | <row>
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| 141 | <entry>
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| 142 | <p>
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| 143 | <xref href="images/icon_shared_folder.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 144 | <image href="images/icon_shared_folder.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 145 | <alt>Shared folders settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 146 | </image>
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| 147 | </xref>
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| 148 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_shared_folder.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 149 | <alt>Shared folders settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 150 | </image>
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| 151 | </p>
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| 152 | </entry>
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| 153 | <entry>
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| 154 | <p><b>Shared Folders</b></p>
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| 155 | <p>Settings for shared folders.</p>
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| 156 | <p>Right-click to change shared folder settings or to add a new
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| 157 | shared folder.</p>
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| 158 | <p>See also <xref href="shared-folders.dita#shared-folders"/>.</p>
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| 159 | </entry>
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| 160 | </row>
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| 161 | <row>
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| 162 | <entry>
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| 163 | <p>
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| 164 | <xref href="images/icon_display.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 165 | <image href="images/icon_display.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 166 | <alt>Display settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 167 | </image>
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| 168 | </xref>
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| 169 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_display.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 170 | <alt>Display settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 171 | </image>
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| 172 | </p>
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| 173 | </entry>
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| 174 | <entry>
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| 175 | <p><b>Display</b></p>
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| 176 | <p>Settings for the virtual machine display.</p>
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| 177 | <p>Right-click to show options for resizing and scaling the display.</p>
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| 178 | <p>See also <xref href="intro-resize-window.dita#intro-resize-window"/>.</p>
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| 179 | </entry>
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| 180 | </row>
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| 181 | <row>
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| 182 | <entry>
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| 183 | <p>
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| 184 | <xref href="images/icon_recording.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 185 | <image href="images/icon_recording.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 186 | <alt>Recording settings icon on the virtual machine status bar. Recording is disabled.</alt>
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| 187 | </image>
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| 188 | </xref>
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| 189 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_recording.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 190 | <alt>Recording settings icon on the virtual machine status bar. Recording is disabled.</alt>
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| 191 | </image>
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| 192 | </p>
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| 193 | </entry>
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| 194 | <entry>
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| 195 | <p><b>Recording</b></p>
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| 196 | <p>Settings for video and audio recording.</p>
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| 197 | <p>Right-click to show options to enable and disable recording, or to change recording
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| 198 | settings.</p>
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| 199 | <p>To enable recording, right-click the status bar icon and select the
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| 200 | <b>Recording</b> option. The icon changes to show a movie reel animation, as
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| 201 | follows:</p>
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| 202 | <p>
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| 203 | <xref href="images/icon_recording_enabled.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 204 | <image href="images/icon_recording_enabled.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 205 | <alt>Recording settings icon on the virtual machine status bar. Recording is enabled.</alt>
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| 206 | </image>
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| 207 | </xref>
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| 208 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_recording_enabled.png" align="center" placement="break">
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| 209 | <alt>Recording settings icon on the virtual machine status bar. Recording is enabled.</alt>
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| 210 | </image>
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| 211 | </p>
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| 212 | <p>To disable recording, right-click the status bar icon and deselect the
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| 213 | <b>Recording</b> option. The icon changes back to the default image.</p>
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| 214 | <p>See also <xref href="settings-capture.dita#settings-capture"/>.</p>
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| 215 | </entry>
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| 216 | </row>
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| 217 | <row>
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| 218 | <entry>
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| 219 | <p>
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| 220 | <xref href="images/icon_cpu_activity.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 221 | <image href="images/icon_cpu_activity.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 222 | <alt>Processor settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 223 | </image>
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| 224 | </xref>
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| 225 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_cpu_activity.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 226 | <alt>Processor settings icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 227 | </image>
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| 228 | </p>
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| 229 | </entry>
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| 230 | <entry>
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| 231 | <p><b>Processor</b></p>
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| 232 | <p>Settings for the CPU used by the virtual machine.</p>
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| 233 | <p>The colored bar in the icon indicates current processor activity. Red indicates
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| 234 | high CPU usage, Green indicates low CPU usage.</p>
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| 235 | <p>A green turtle icon indicates that a native hypervisor, such as Hyper-V, is running on the host.</p>
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| 236 | <p>
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| 237 | <xref href="images/icon_turtle.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 238 | <image href="images/icon_turtle.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 239 | <alt>Turtle icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 240 | </image>
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| 241 | </xref>
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| 242 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_turtle.png" align="center" placement="break">
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| 243 | <alt>Turtle icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 244 | </image>
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| 245 | </p>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <p>See also <xref href="settings-processor.dita#settings-processor"/>.</p>
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| 248 | </entry>
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| 249 | </row>
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| 250 | <row>
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| 251 | <entry>
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| 252 | <p>
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| 253 | <xref href="images/icon_mouse_integration.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 254 | <image href="images/icon_mouse_integration.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 255 | <alt>Mouse integration icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 256 | </image>
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| 257 | </xref>
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| 258 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_mouse_integration.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 259 | <alt>Mouse integration icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 260 | </image>
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| 261 | </p>
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| 262 | </entry>
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| 263 | <entry>
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| 264 | <p><b>Mouse Integration</b></p>
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| 265 | <p>Settings for capturing the host mouse pointer.</p>
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| 266 | <p>The icon indicates whether mouse integration is on (green arrow) or off (yellow arrow) and whether the
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| 267 | pointer is captured (mouse icon colored) or not (mouse icon gray).</p>
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| 268 | <p>Right-click to enable or disable mouse integration.</p>
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| 269 | <p>See also <xref href="keyb_mouse_normal.dita#keyb_mouse_normal"/>.</p>
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| 270 | </entry>
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| 271 | </row>
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| 272 | <row>
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| 273 | <entry>
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| 274 | <p>
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| 275 | <xref href="images/icon_host_key.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 276 | <image href="images/icon_host_key.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 277 | <alt>Host key icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 278 | </image>
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| 279 | </xref>
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| 280 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/icon_host_key.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 281 | <alt>Host key icon on the virtual machine status bar</alt>
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| 282 | </image>
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| 283 | </p>
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| 284 | </entry>
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| 285 | <entry>
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| 286 | <p><b>Host Key</b></p>
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| 287 | <p>Settings for capturing the host keyboard.</p>
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| 288 | <p>The arrow on the icon is green if the keyboard is captured, and black if not.</p>
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| 289 | <p>The background is blue if the host key is not pressed, and white when it is pressed.</p>
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| 290 | <p>A check icon appears when the VM is waiting for a host key combination to be typed.</p>
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| 291 | <p>The current host key is displayed to the right of the icon.</p>
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| 292 | <p>Right-click to show options for configuring the host key combination and other
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| 293 | keyboard shortcuts.</p>
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| 294 | <p>Right-click to insert a special key combination, such as Ctrl-Alt-Del.</p>
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| 295 | <p>See also <xref href="specialcharacters.dita#specialcharacters"/>.</p>
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| 296 | </entry>
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| 297 | </row>
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| 298 | </tbody>
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| 299 | </tgroup>
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| 300 | </table>
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| 301 | <section id="vm-status-bar-configure">
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| 302 | <title>Configuring the Status Bar</title>
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| 303 | <p>You can configure the status bar as follows:</p>
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| 304 | <ul>
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| 305 | <li>
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| 306 | <p>To <b>hide</b> the status bar, right-click in the status bar area and deselect <b>Show Status Bar</b>.</p>
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| 307 | </li>
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| 308 | <li>
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| 309 | <p>To <b>show</b> the status bar, select <b>View</b>, <b>Status Bar</b>, <b>Show Status Bar</b> from the
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| 310 | virtual machine's menu bar.</p>
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| 311 | </li>
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| 312 | <li>
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| 313 | <p>To <b>modify</b> the status bar contents, right-click in the status bar area and select
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| 314 | <b>Status Bar Settings</b>. You can then do the following:</p>
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| 315 | <ul>
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| 316 | <li><p>Select icons that you want to include in the status bar.</p></li>
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| 317 | <li><p>Deselect icons that you want to remove from the status bar.</p></li>
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| 318 | <li><p>Drag and drop icons to change their order in the status bar.</p></li>
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| 319 | </ul>
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| 320 | <p>Click the check mark button to save your changes to the status bar.</p>
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| 321 | <p>See also <xref href="user-interface.dita"/> for other options to change the status bar.</p>
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| 322 | </li>
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| 323 | </ul>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | </section>
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| 326 |
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| 327 |
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| 328 |
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| 329 | </body>
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| 330 |
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| 331 | </topic>
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