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The software sends a complete image of that application to all the participants in the conference.
If a file is open, the conference participants see it too. This sample shows a PowerPoint
presentation being shared. Note the tab at the top left corner that shows who is sharing the
application.
Everyone in the videoconference will see the entire application window, even if they don’t have
the application on their computer. The share tap shows who “owns” the application and is sharing
it.
4 Click on the application's window to bring it to the front. This helps the other participants see
the shared application better.
5 To end the sharing, click the Share button again and deselect the shared item. The checkmark
next to it indicates it's selected.
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NOTE: Sharing allows everyone else to see the item that you decide to share. Typically it is an
application and file because that's how you can show work in progress. However, you could also
share any open window from your computer desktop. Sharing is like "read only" in that people
can see, but not work with, whatever you let them share.
Collaborating on Work
Collaborating means that other people in the videoconference can actually edit or make changes to
the application and file running on your computer. It’s like having that person sitting at your
computer and working at your keyboard. The others participants do not need to have the application
installed or open on their computers.
To collaborate:
1 Share the application and file as described above.
2 Click the Collaborate button on the Video Conference Center.
Now the pointer on your computer "freezes." that's because you have let the person working
collaboratively be "in control" of your computer.
Note that the Collaborate button changes to "Work Alone."
The Video Conference Center shows who is collaborating. The person in control is able to
work on the application.
