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Youcanusekeyboardshortcutstocopy,cut,andpasteimages,plaintext,formatted
text,andemailattachmentsbetweenapplicationsonyourhostmachineandvirtual
machineapplicationsdisplayedinUnitymode.Youcanalsodraganddropandcopy
andpastefilesbetweenhostandguest.See“UsingtheCopyan
dPasteFeatu
re”on
page 189and“UsingtheDrag‐and‐DropFeature”onpage 187.
WhenavirtualmachineisinUnitymode,youcanaccessthevirtualmachine’sStart
menu(forWindowsvirtualmachines)orApplicationsmenu(forLinuxvirtual
machines)bypointingtooneofthefollowinglocations:
OnWindowshosts,pointtotheStartmenu.
OnLinuxhosts,pointtotheupper‐leftcorneroftheprimarymonitor.
Forsomeguestandhostoperatingsystems,ifyouhavemultiplemonitors,application
windowsinUnitymodecanappearonlyonthemonitorthatissetastheprimary
display.IfthehostandguestareWindowsXPorlate
r,theapplica
tionwindowscan
appearonadditionalmonitors
OnWindows,Unitymodeisnotavailableinthefullscreenmode.Whenyoucycle
throughvirtualmachines,allthevirtualmachinesthatareinUnitymodedonot
appear.
Set Preferences for Unity Mode
YoucanconfigureUnitymodesothatyoucanaccessavirtualmachine’sStartor
Applicationsmenufromthehost’sdesktop.Youcanalsospecifythebordercolor
aroundapplicationsthatruninUnitymodeonthedesktop.
Accessingavirtualmachine’sStartorApplicationsmenufromthehost’sdesktop
enablesyo
utostartappl
icationsinthevirtualmachinethat arenotopeninUnitymode.
Ifyoudonotenablethisfeature,youmustexitUnitymodetodisplaythevirtual
machine’sStartorApplicationsmenuintheconsoleview.
N
OTEIfyousaveafileorattempttoopenafilefromanapplicationinUnitymode,the
filesystemyouseeisthefilesysteminsidethevirtualmachine.Youcannotopenafile
fromthehostoperatingsystemorsaveafiletothehostoperatingsystem.
N
OTEOnLinuxguests,Unitymodeissupportedexperimentally.
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