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172 Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide
Video Options
The Video Options tab of Configuration Editor lets you set different fixed screen resolutions for
the virtual machine and enable accelerated DirectX support in the virtual machine.
Note. You also can resize the virtual machine window as you would do with any other
application window by dragging its right corner. Resolution is being changed automatically in
Windows (starting Windows 2000) and in most Linux operating systems.
Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped.
 Enable custom screen resolutions option allows you to set custom screen resolutions for the
virtual machine.
 Screen Resolutions list displays all the custom resolutions defined for this virtual
machine. The check mark near a resolution means that this resolution will be available
for selection in the virtual machine. The resolutions that have no check marks will be
unavailable for selection.
 Add button
opens the Add Screen Resolution dialog for creating a new resolution.
See the Custom Screen Resolutions (page 213) topic for detailed description of this
process.
 Delete button
removes the selected screen resolution.
 Edit button
opens the Edit Screen Resolution dialog where you can make changes in
the screen resolution properties. See description of this dialog in the Custom Screen
Resolut (page 213)ions section.up