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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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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>You can resize the VM's window while that VM is running. When you do, the window is scaled as follows: </p>
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| 8 | <ul>
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| 9 | <li>
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| 10 | <p>If you have <b outputclass="bold">scaled mode</b> enabled, then the virtual machine's screen will be scaled
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| 11 | to the size of the window. This can be useful if you have many machines running and want to have a look at one
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| 12 | of them while it is running in the background. Alternatively, it might be useful to enlarge a window if the
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| 13 | VM's output screen is very small, for example because you are running an old OS in it. </p>
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| 14 | <p>To enable scaled mode, press <b outputclass="bold">Host key + C</b>, or select <b outputclass="bold">Scaled
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| 15 | Mode</b> from the <b outputclass="bold">View</b> menu in the VM window. To leave scaled mode, press <b
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| 16 | outputclass="bold">Host key + C </b>again. </p>
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| 17 | <p>The aspect ratio of the guest screen is preserved when resizing the window. To ignore the aspect ratio, press
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| 18 | <b outputclass="bold">Shift</b> during the resize operation. </p>
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| 19 | <p>See <xref href="KnownIssues.dita">Known Limitations</xref> for additional remarks. </p>
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| 20 | </li>
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| 21 | <li>
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| 22 | <p>If you have the Guest Additions installed and they support automatic <b outputclass="bold">resizing</b>, the
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| 23 | Guest Additions will automatically adjust the screen resolution of the guest OS. For example, if you are
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| 24 | running a Windows guest with a resolution of 1024x768 pixels and you then resize the VM window to make it 100
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| 25 | pixels wider, the Guest Additions will change the Windows display resolution to 1124x768. </p>
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| 26 | <p>See <xref href="guestadditions.dita"/>. </p>
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| 27 | </li>
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| 28 | <li>
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| 29 | <p>Otherwise, if the window is bigger than the VM's screen, the screen will be centered. If it is smaller, then
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| 30 | scroll bars will be added to the machine window. </p>
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| 31 | </li>
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| 32 | </ul>
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| 33 | </body>
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| 35 | </topic>
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