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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

Starting screen sharing

In the previous chapter we have described the sharing of documents and whiteboards using share pod. Besides these sharing types, share pod allows you to share your screen. As before, you can start screen sharing by selecting the Share My Screen option from the quick launch menu or from the context menu of a share pod. After selecting one of these options you will be presented with the Start Screen Sharing dialog box.

Please note that screen sharing is only available while running a meeting using the connect add-in. In case you are running a meeting room using only the browser application, clicking on Start Screen Sharing will prompt you to install the connect add-in and will automatically reload the meeting room using the connect add-in.

In the Start Screen Sharing dialog box, you will find several options, as shown in the following screenshot:

Starting screen sharing

As you can see, there are three different options for screen sharing, as follows:

  • Desktop
  • Applications
  • Windows

For each one of...