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+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
+<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="gui-virtualboxmanager">
+ <title>VirtualBox Manager</title>
+
+ <body>
+ <p>
+ VirtualBox Manager is the user interface for Oracle VM VirtualBox. You can use
+ VirtualBox Manager to create, configure, and manage your virtual machines.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ This section describes the main features of the VirtualBox Manager user
+ interface. Subsequent sections and chapters describe how to use
+ VirtualBox Manager to perform tasks in Oracle VM VirtualBox.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ When you start Oracle VM VirtualBox, the
+ <b outputclass="bold">VirtualBox Manager</b> window is displayed.
+ </p>
+ <p><xref href="#gui-virtualboxmanager/fig-vbox-manager-initial"/> shows VirtualBox Manager the
+ first time you start Oracle VM VirtualBox, before you have created any
+ virtual machines.
+ </p>
+ <fig id="fig-vbox-manager-initial">
+ <title>VirtualBox Manager, Showing Welcome Screen After Initial Startup</title>
+ <image href="images/virtualbox-main-empty.png" placement="break"/>
+ </fig>
+ <p><xref href="#gui-virtualboxmanager/fig-vbox-manager-populated"/> shows how VirtualBox Manager
+ might look after you have created some virtual machines.
+ </p>
+ <fig id="fig-vbox-manager-populated">
+ <title>VirtualBox Manager Window, After Creating Virtual Machines</title>
+ <image href="images/virtualbox-main.png" placement="break"/>
+ </fig>
+ <p>
+ The main components of the VirtualBox Manager window are as follows:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <p><b outputclass="bold">The machine list.</b> The left
+ pane of the <b outputclass="bold">VirtualBox
+ Manager</b> window lists all your virtual machines. If
+ you have not yet created any virtual machines, this list is
+ empty. See <xref href="gui-machine-list.dita#gui-machine-list"/>.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p><b outputclass="bold">The Details pane.</b> The pane on
+ the right displays the properties of the currently selected
+ virtual machine. If you do not have any machines yet, the pane
+ displays a welcome message.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The toolbar buttons on the Details pane can be used to create
+ and work with virtual machines. See
+ <xref href="gui-details.dita#gui-details"/>.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p><b outputclass="bold">Help Viewer.</b> A window that
+ displays context-sensitive help topics for VirtualBox Manager tasks.
+ See <xref href="help-viewer.dita#help-viewer"/>.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </body>
+</topic>