User`s guide

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Sharing
the
Desktop
You can initiate desktop sharing in any Conversation Window.
To initiate desktop sharing:
1. In the Conversation window, click the Share drop-down button.
2. Click on Desktop.
3. Click Share Desktop. If you have multiple monitors, choose the monitor you want to
share.
Now, your participants will view everything you do on your desktop.
A highlighted frame appears around your entire desktop to indicate that your desktop
is currently visible to other participants. A Sharing menu appears at the top of the
screen indicating that you are in control of the sharing session:
This Sharing menu will disappear into the background a few seconds after Sharing
begins. It will reappear if your mouse cursor approaches the top of your desktop.
Alternatively, you may ‘pin’ the menu so that it will not disappear by clicking on the
thumbtack icon in the Sharing menu bar.
A notice will open in the Conversation Window:
If you click on the Preview button, a ‘Stage’ opens to the right of the Conversation
Window. An image of what your conversation partner(s) may view presents in the
Stage.
To give control to another participant or a to an entire meeting:
1. In the Sharing menu bar at the top of your desktop, click the Give Control drop-down
arrow.
2. Then click the name of the participant, or Share Control with All Participants.
Note: If you share control with all participants, the first one to make a change will have
control. Thereafter, participants must Request Control from the Sharing menu at the
top or their desktops.
To take back control of the desktop sharing session:
1. In the Conversation window, click the Control drop-down arrow.
2. Click Take Back Control. Alternatively, you may use the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl-Alt-Space to regain control.
To end desktop Sharing:
1. In the Sharing menu bar, click the Stop Sharing button.