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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="preferences">
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| 4 | <title><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> Preferences</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>The Preferences window offers a selection of settings, which apply to all virtual machines of the current user. </p>
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| 8 | <note>
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| 9 | <p>The available Preferences settings depend on the selected experience level. To display all
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| 10 | Preference settings, ensure the experience level is set to <b>Expert</b>.</p>
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| 11 | <p>See <xref href="ui-experience-level.dita#gui-experience-level"/>.</p>
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| 12 | </note>
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| 13 | <p>To display the Preferences window, do either of the following: </p>
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| 14 | <ul>
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| 15 | <li>
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| 16 | <p>Select <b outputclass="bold">File</b>, <b outputclass="bold">Preferences</b>. </p>
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| 17 | </li>
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| 18 | <li>
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| 19 | <p>Click <b outputclass="bold">Preferences</b> on the Welcome screen in <ph
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| 20 | conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>. </p>
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| 21 | </li>
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| 22 | </ul>
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| 23 | <p>The following settings are available: </p>
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| 24 | <ul>
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| 25 | <li>
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| 26 | <p><b outputclass="bold">General.</b> Enables you to
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| 27 | specify the default folder or directory for VM files, and the
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| 28 | VRDP Authentication Library.
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| 29 | </p>
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| 30 | </li>
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| 31 | <li>
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| 32 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Input.</b> Enables you to specify keyboard shortcuts, both in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> and in individual VMs. For example you might want to specify a different <b outputclass="bold">Host key</b>. This is the key that toggles whether the cursor is in the focus of the VM or the Host OS windows, see <xref href="keyb_mouse_normal.dita#keyb_mouse_normal"/>. The Host key is also used to trigger certain VM actions, see <xref href="specialcharacters.dita#specialcharacters"/>. </p>
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| 33 | </li>
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| 34 | <li>
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| 35 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Update.</b> Enables you to
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| 36 | specify various settings for Automatic Updates.
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| 37 | </p>
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| 38 | </li>
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| 39 | <li>
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| 40 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Language.</b> Enables you to specify the language used for menus, labels, and text in
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| 41 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>. </p>
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| 42 | </li>
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| 43 | <li>
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| 44 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Display.</b> Enables you to
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| 45 | specify the screen resolution, and its width and height. A
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| 46 | default scale factor can be specified for all guest screens.
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| 47 | </p>
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| 48 | <p>A default font scaling factor can be set for all guest screen displays.</p>
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| 49 | <p>Other extended features can be selected, to ensure that guest screens work well with the host display.</p>
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| 50 | </li>
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| 51 | <li>
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| 52 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Proxy.</b> Enables you to configure an HTTP proxy server.
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| 53 | </p>
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| 54 | </li>
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| 55 | <li>
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| 56 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Interface.</b> Enables you to select a color theme for the <ph
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| 57 | conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> user interface. </p>
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| 58 | <note>
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| 59 | <p>This setting is only available on Windows host platforms. </p>
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| 60 | </note>
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| 61 | </li>
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| 62 | </ul>
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| 63 | </body>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | </topic>
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