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| 5 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="soft-keyb">
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| 6 | <!-- 7.1: Updated pic added -->
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| 7 | <title>Soft Keyboard</title>
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| 8 | <body>
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| 9 | <p><ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> provides a <i>soft keyboard</i> that enables you to input
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| 10 | keyboard characters on the guest. A soft keyboard is an on-screen keyboard that can be used as an alternative to a
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| 11 | physical keyboard. See <xref href="soft-keyb-using.dita#soft-keyb-using"/> for details of how to use the soft
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| 12 | keyboard. </p>
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| 13 | <note type="caution">
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| 14 | <p>For best results, ensure that the keyboard layout configured on the guest OS matches the keyboard layout used
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| 15 | by the soft keyboard. <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> does not do this automatically. </p>
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| 16 | </note>
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| 17 | <fig id="fig-soft-keyb">
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| 18 | <title>Soft Keyboard in a Guest Virtual Machine</title>
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| 19 | <xref href="images/softkeybd.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 20 | <image href="images/softkeybd.png" width="14cm" placement="break">
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| 21 | <alt>Soft Keyboard in a Guest Virtual Machine</alt>
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| 22 | </image>
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| 23 | </xref>
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| 24 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/softkeybd.png" width="14cm" placement="break">
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| 25 | <alt>Soft Keyboard in a Guest Virtual Machine</alt>
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| 26 | </image>
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| 27 | </fig>
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| 28 | <p>The soft keyboard can be used in the following scenarios: </p>
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| 29 | <ul>
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| 30 | <li>
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| 31 | <p>When the physical keyboard on the host is not the same as the keyboard layout configured on the guest. For
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| 32 | example, if the guest is configured to use an international keyboard, but the host keyboard is US English. </p>
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| 33 | </li>
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| 34 | <li>
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| 35 | <p>To send special key combinations to the guest. Note that some common key combinations are also available in
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| 36 | the <b outputclass="bold">Input</b>, <b outputclass="bold">Keyboard</b> menu of the guest VM window. See <xref
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| 37 | href="specialcharacters.dita#specialcharacters"/>. </p>
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| 38 | </li>
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| 39 | <li>
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| 40 | <p>For guests in kiosk mode, where a physical keyboard is not present. </p>
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| 41 | </li>
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| 42 | <li>
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| 43 | <p>When using nested virtualization, the soft keyboard provides a method of sending key presses to a guest. </p>
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| 44 | </li>
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| 45 | </ul>
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| 46 | <p>By default, the soft keyboard includes some common international keyboard layouts. You can copy and modify these
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| 47 | to meet your own requirements. See <xref href="soft-keyb-custom.dita#soft-keyb-custom"/>. </p>
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| 48 | </body>
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| 49 |
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| 50 |
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| 51 | </topic>
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