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Keyboard Shortcuts
If you prefer to work from the keyboard as much as possible, you may find the following keyboard shortcuts handy. If you have changed the Preferences setting for the hot-key combination, substitute your new setting for Ctrl-Alt as needed in the shortcuts listed here.
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Shortcut
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Action
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Ctrl-B
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Power on.
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Ctrl-E
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Power off.
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Ctrl-R
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Reset the power.
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Ctrl-Z
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Suspend.
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Ctrl-N
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Create a new virtual machine.
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Ctrl-O
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Open a virtual machine.
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Ctrl-F4
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Close the summary/console view for the selected virtual machine.
A confirmation dialog appears only if the virtual machine is powered on.
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Ctrl-D
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Edit the virtual machine's configuration.
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Ctrl-G
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Grab input from keyboard and mouse.
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Ctrl-P
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Edit preferences.
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Ctrl-Alt-Enter
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Go to full screen mode.
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Ctrl-Alt
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Return to normal (windowed) mode.
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Ctrl-Alt-Tab
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Switch among open virtual machines while mouse and keyboard input are grabbed.
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Ctrl-Tab
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Switch among open virtual machines while mouse and keyboard input are not grabbed. VMware Workstation must be the active application.
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Ctrl-Shift-Tab
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Switch among open virtual machines while mouse and keyboard input are not grabbed. VMware Workstation must be the active application.
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