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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-virtualboxmanager">
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| 4 | <title><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/></title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>
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| 8 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> is the user interface for <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. You can use
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| 9 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> to create, configure, and manage your virtual machines.
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| 10 | </p>
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| 11 | <p>
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| 12 | This section describes the main features of the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> user
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| 13 | interface. Subsequent sections and chapters describe how to use
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| 14 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> to perform tasks in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>.
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| 15 | </p>
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| 16 | <p>
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| 17 | When you start <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, the
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| 18 | <b outputclass="bold"><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/></b> window is displayed.
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| 19 | </p>
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| 20 | <p><xref href="#gui-virtualboxmanager/fig-vbox-manager-initial"/> shows <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> the
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| 21 | first time you start <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, before you have created any
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| 22 | virtual machines.
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| 23 | </p>
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| 24 | <!-- 7.1: Welcome screen now includes Experience Level selection button: new pics required?-->
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| 25 | <fig id="fig-vbox-manager-initial">
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| 26 | <title><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>, Showing Welcome Screen After Initial Startup</title>
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| 27 | <xref href="images/virtualbox-main-empty.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 28 | <image href="images/virtualbox-main-empty.png" width="12cm" placement="break">
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| 29 | <alt><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>, Showing Welcome Screen After Initial Startup</alt>
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| 30 | </image>
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| 31 | </xref>
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| 32 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/virtualbox-main-empty.png" width="12cm" placement="break">
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| 33 | <alt><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>, Showing Welcome Screen After Initial Startup</alt>
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| 34 | </image>
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| 35 | </fig>
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| 36 | <p><xref href="#gui-virtualboxmanager/fig-vbox-manager-populated"/> shows how <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>
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| 37 | might look after you have created some virtual machines.
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| 38 | </p>
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| 39 | <fig id="fig-vbox-manager-populated">
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| 40 | <title><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> Window, After Creating Virtual Machines</title>
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| 41 | <xref href="images/virtualbox-main.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 42 | <image href="images/virtualbox-main.png" width="12cm" placement="break">
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| 43 | <alt><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> Window, After Creating Virtual Machines</alt>
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| 44 | </image>
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| 45 | </xref>
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| 46 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/virtualbox-main.png" width="12cm" placement="break">
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| 47 | <alt><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> Window, After Creating Virtual Machines</alt>
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| 48 | </image>
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| 49 | </fig>
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| 50 | <p>
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| 51 | The main components of the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> window are as follows:
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| 52 | </p>
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| 53 | <ul>
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| 54 | <li>
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| 55 | <p><b outputclass="bold">The machine list.</b> The left
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| 56 | pane of the <b outputclass="bold">VirtualBox
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| 57 | Manager</b> window lists all your virtual machines. If
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| 58 | you have not yet created any virtual machines, this list is
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| 59 | empty. See <xref href="gui-machine-list.dita#gui-machine-list"/>.
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| 60 | </p>
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| 61 | </li>
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| 62 | <li>
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| 63 | <p><b outputclass="bold">The Details pane.</b> The pane on
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| 64 | the right displays the properties of the currently selected
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| 65 | virtual machine. If you do not have any machines yet, the pane
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| 66 | displays a welcome message.
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| 67 | </p>
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| 68 | <p>
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| 69 | The toolbar buttons on the Details pane can be used to create
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| 70 | and work with virtual machines. See
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| 71 | <xref href="gui-details.dita#gui-details"/>.
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| 72 | </p>
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| 73 | </li>
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| 74 | <li>
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| 75 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Help Viewer.</b> A window that
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| 76 | displays context-sensitive help topics for <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> tasks.
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| 77 | See <xref href="help-viewer.dita#help-viewer"/>.
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| 78 | </p>
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| 79 | </li>
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| 80 | </ul>
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| 81 | </body>
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| 82 | </topic>
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