I just recently bought new work laptop and setup Windows 7 on it. One thing that takes time to get used to is differences in keyboard shortcuts. I have put here some of the basic commands mainly for my own reference so I wont forget.
Reference
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Macintosh / Fusion
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Ctrl+Alt+Del
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To send Ctrl+Alt+Del to a virtual machine:
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From the Fusion menu, click Virtual Machine > Send > Crtl+Alt+Delete.
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If you are using an external PC keyboard, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete.
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On a full-sized Macintosh keyboard, press Control-Option-|X>. The |X> (Forward Delete) key is below the help key.
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On a Macintosh laptop keyboard, press Fn-Ctrl-Option-Delete.
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Delete
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The Delete key on an Apple keyboard is actually the backspace key to all other operating systems. To send the PC Delete key to a virtual machine:
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From the Fusion menu, go to Virtual Machine > Send Key > (Forward Delete)
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On a MacBook or MacBook Pro keyboard, press Fn-Delete.
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On a full-sized keyboard, press |X>. The |X> (Forward Delete) key is below the Help key.
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Insert
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To send the Insert key to a virtual machine:
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On a full-sized Mac keyboard, press the Help key.
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On older MacBook or MacBook Pro keyboards, press Fn-M. Newer MacBook models do not support Fn-M, and mapping the Insert key (to any convenient key combination chosen by the user) can be achieved in Fusion’s menu bar under VMware Fusion > Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Key Mapping.
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Print Screen
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To send the Print Screen key to a virtual machine, press F13 on a full-sized Mac keyboard.
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Alt-Gr
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To send the Alt-Gr key to virtual machine:
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Press the right Option key on a full-sized Mac keyboard.
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On European MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboards, press the Enter key next to the right Command key.
Notes:
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Selecting multiple list items
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- Press and hold Ctrl-Option, then click the multiple items.
- Disable the mouse shortcut for the secondary button (see beginning of Resolution, above), and use Ctrl+click as you would in a regular Windows environment.
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Num Lock
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To send the Num Lock key to a virtual machine (allowing the use of the numeric keypad), press Clear on a full-sized Mac keyboard.
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| Function keys |
- Press fn + the desired function key.
- To make the Mac function keys act like regular function keys, and trigger the special functions with fn + the function key instead, go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Keyboard (or Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard), and select Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys.
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For all keyboard shortcuts, not necessarily those pertaining to Fusion, see Apple’s Knowledge base article Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts.
