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Learning Adobe Connect 9

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Learning Adobe Connect 9

Overview of this book

Modern world organizations require effective collaboration in order to improve productivity. Conferencing tools enable users to increase their productivity and improve communication with their functionalities that include interactive experiences supported by multiple features. One of the most advanced conferencing tools and the market leader is Adobe Connect. It is a great tool that will help you organize and present your content in the most efficient manner possible while capturing the audience with rich and engaging presentations."Learning Adobe Connect 9" is a practical, hands-on guide that provides you with a number of clear, step-by-step exercises that will help you take advantage of the real power that is behind Adobe Connect."Learning Adobe Connect 9" will take you on the journey through the magical world of Adobe Connect features. By reading this book, you will be able to master the most important features of Adobe Connect quickly. This book will guide you from the basic Connect functionalities through the complex features that are offered by the application's user friendly interface. The easy-to-understand structure of this book will help you learn and remember the content with straight to the point examples combined with step-by-step guides that will help you use all of the Connect features with confidence. By the end of this book, you will be full of confidence to start your next web conference.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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14. Managing Text Messages and Questions
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Index

Managing pods

Each of the default layouts has its own pods placed in certain locations within meeting room. Hosts can show, hide, add, delete, rearrange, and organize pods. More than one instance of a pod (except Attendees Pod and Video) can be displayed in a meeting at the same time. From the Pods menu you can add new pods, hide and show already existing pods. See the next screenshot:

Managing pods

To show a pod, select it from the Pods menu; note here that a pod will appear in Presenter Only Area when it is enabled. For pods that can have multiple instances, select the instance name from the submenu. A check mark appears next to the names of pods that are currently visible in the meeting. To hide a pod, deselect it in the Pods menu, or click on the menu icon in the upper-right corner of the pod and choose Hide.

You can also display a pod at maximum size. When you maximize a pod, it expands to fill the whole meeting room (either within the browser window or when the add-in is used). You can do this by...