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Keyboard Shortcuts

If you prefer to work from the keyboard as much as possible, you may find the following keyboard shortcuts handy. If you have changed the Preferences setting for the hot-key combination, substitute your new setting for Ctrl-Alt as needed in the shortcuts listed here.
 Shortcut
 Action
 Ctrl-B
 Power on
 Ctrl-E
 Power off
 Ctrl-R
 Reset the power
 Ctrl-Z
 Suspend
 Ctrl-N
 Create a new virtual machine
 Ctrl-O
 Open a virtual machine
 Ctrl-F4
 Close the current virtual machine
 Ctrl-D
 Edit the virtual machine's configuration
 Ctrl-G
 Grab input from keyboard and mouse
 Ctrl-P
 Edit preferences
 Ctrl-Alt-Enter
 Go to full screen mode
 Ctrl-Alt
 Return to normal (windowed) mode
 Ctrl-Alt-Tab
 Switch among open virtual machines while mouse and keyboard input are grabbed.
 Ctrl-Tab
 Switch among open virtual machines while mouse and keyboard input are not grabbed. VMware Workstation must be the active application.
 Ctrl-Shift-Tab
 Switch among open virtual machines while mouse and keyboard input are not grabbed. VMware Workstation must be the active application.
 Ctrl-Alt-Fx
 Switch among open virtual machines while using full screen mode. Fx is a function key corresponding to the virtual machine you want to use. The key combination to use for a virtual machine is shown in the VMware Workstation title bar when that virtual machine is active and in normal (windowed) mode.

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