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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="gui-experience-level">
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| 4 | <title>Experience Levels for VirtualBox Manager</title>
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| 5 | <body>
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| 6 | <p>When you use <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> to configure preferences, and settings for virtual machines, you can select an <i>experience level</i> for the user interface. The following experience levels are available:</p>
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| 7 | <ul>
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| 8 | <li>
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| 9 | <p><uicontrol>Basic</uicontrol>. Only a limited number of settings and tools are shown. Workflows are used to display settings and configuration options. This is the default setting for new installations.</p>
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| 10 | <p>This level is suitable for a first time user of <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>.</p>
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| 11 | </li>
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| 12 | <li>
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| 13 | <p><uicontrol>Expert</uicontrol>. All available settings and tools are shown.</p>
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| 14 | <p>Single pages show all settings and configuration options. This is the default setting for upgrades when a user already has at least one saved VM.</p>
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| 15 | <p>This level is suitable for an experienced user who needs more control of virtual machine settings.</p>
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| 16 | </li>
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| 17 | </ul>
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| 18 | <p>Experience levels apply, and can be set, in the following places in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>:</p>
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| 19 | <ul>
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| 20 | <li><p><uicontrol>Home</uicontrol> (new installations only)</p>
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| 21 | </li>
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| 22 | <li><p><uicontrol>Preferences</uicontrol></p>
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| 23 | </li>
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| 24 | <li><p><uicontrol>Settings</uicontrol> for a virtual machine</p>
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| 25 | </li>
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| 26 | </ul>
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| 27 | <p>Wherever you set it, the preference applies throughout <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>.</p>
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| 28 | <section id="gui-experience-level-select">
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| 29 | <title>Selecting the Experience Level</title>
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| 30 | <ol>
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| 31 | <li>In the File menu, choose <b>Preferences</b>.</li>
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| 32 | <li><p>Click <b>Basic</b> or <b>Expert</b> to select the required experience level.</p>
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| 33 | <p>
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| 34 | <xref href="images/experience-levels.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 35 | <image href="images/experience-levels.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 36 | <alt>Icon for setting the experience level. Click to enable Basic or Expert mode.</alt>
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| 37 | </image>
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| 38 | </xref>
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| 39 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/experience-levels.png" placement="break" align="center">
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| 40 | <alt>Icon for setting the experience level. Click to enable Basic or Expert mode.</alt>
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| 41 | </image>
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| 42 | </p>
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| 43 | <p>The number of available settings and tools changes depending on the selected experience level.</p></li>
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| 44 | </ol>
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| 45 | </section>
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| 46 | </body>
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| 47 | </topic>
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