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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="intro-resize-window">
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| 4 | <title>Resizing the Machine's Window</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>
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| 8 | You can resize the VM's window while that VM is running. When
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| 9 | you do, the window is scaled as follows:
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| 10 | </p>
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| 11 | <ul>
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| 12 | <li>
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| 13 | <p>
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| 14 | If you have <b outputclass="bold">scaled mode</b>
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| 15 | enabled, then the virtual machine's screen will be scaled to
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| 16 | the size of the window. This can be useful if you have many
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| 17 | machines running and want to have a look at one of them
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| 18 | while it is running in the background. Alternatively, it
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| 19 | might be useful to enlarge a window if the VM's output
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| 20 | screen is very small, for example because you are running an
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| 21 | old OS in it.
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| 22 | </p>
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| 23 | <p>
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| 24 | To enable scaled mode, press <b outputclass="bold">Host key
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| 25 | + C</b>, or select <b outputclass="bold">Scaled
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| 26 | Mode</b> from the
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| 27 | <b outputclass="bold">View</b> menu in the VM window.
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| 28 | To leave scaled mode, press <b outputclass="bold">Host key +
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| 29 | C </b>again.
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| 30 | </p>
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| 31 | <p>
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| 32 | The aspect ratio of the guest screen is preserved when
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| 33 | resizing the window. To ignore the aspect ratio, press
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| 34 | <b outputclass="bold">Shift</b> during the resize
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| 35 | operation.
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| 36 | </p>
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| 37 | <p>
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| 38 | See <xref href="KnownIssues.dita">Known Limitations</xref> for additional remarks.
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| 39 | </p>
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| 40 | </li>
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| 41 | <li>
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| 42 | <p>
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| 43 | If you have the Guest Additions installed and they support
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| 44 | automatic <b outputclass="bold">resizing</b>, the
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| 45 | Guest Additions will automatically adjust the screen
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| 46 | resolution of the guest OS. For example, if you are running
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| 47 | a Windows guest with a resolution of 1024x768 pixels and you
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| 48 | then resize the VM window to make it 100 pixels wider, the
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| 49 | Guest Additions will change the Windows display resolution
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| 50 | to 1124x768.
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| 51 | </p>
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| 52 | <p>
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| 53 | See <xref href="guestadditions.dita"/>.
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| 54 | </p>
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| 55 | </li>
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| 56 | <li>
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| 57 | <p>
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| 58 | Otherwise, if the window is bigger than the VM's screen, the
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| 59 | screen will be centered. If it is smaller, then scroll bars
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| 60 | will be added to the machine window.
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| 61 | </p>
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| 62 | </li>
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| 63 | </ul>
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| 64 | </body>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | </topic>
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