MACROMEDIA BREEZE-FOR MEETING PRESENTERS Manual page 62

To start sharing a screen using the Screen Sharing pod control strip:
Click the Start Sharing button in the Screen Sharing pod control strip (located at the bottom
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left of the Screen Sharing pod screen).
Note: If you do not have a supported version of Presenter Add-In for Breeze, a dialog box with the
following message is displayed: "To use this application, you need the Presenter Add-In for
Breeze. Would you like to install it from macromedia.com now?" If you click the Yes button in the
dialog box, Presenter Add-In for Breeze is downloaded.
A Macromedia Flash Player Setting window appears, containing a pop-up menu of all open
applications on your local computer.
In the Macromedia Flash Player Setting window, do one of the following:
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Select Full Screen from the pop-up menu to share your desktop.
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Select the name of an open application to share an individual application.
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Click the Allow button.
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Screen sharing begins.
Note: When you use screen sharing with an open application, only the part of the application
window that is visible on your desktop is broadcast to meeting participants. Any part of your
shared application window that is covered by other windows appears as a blue cross-hatch
pattern to the participants.
When screen sharing begins, the following occurs:
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If you are sharing an application, it is brought to the front of your desktop. If you are sharing
your desktop, the meeting room application is moved to the back of your desktop's application
stack and is no longer visible.
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The shared screen appears in the participants' Screen Sharing pod in the meeting room.
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In your Screen Sharing pod in the meeting room, you get a message similar to the following
(depending on your screen resolution): Your screen is being broadcast to the participants. You
are sending 967 by 776 pixels. Select Preview my Screen when Sharing to display a preview.
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A Macromedia Breeze Flash Player icon appears in the system tray.
Note: Once screen sharing is enabled, other presenters viewing your screen can request control of
the screen being displayed.
To allow application sharing:
Start screen sharing. See
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Control of your shared screen is immediately available to other meeting presenters, who must
request control from you. When another presenter makes a request to control your shared
screen or application, a request for control message will be visible in your Breeze Live window.
Do one of the following:
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Accept
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Decline
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A notification message is received on the system that is requesting control of your screen or
application. Once you allow control of your screen or application, control of the screen or
application passes to the presenter making the request.
Application sharing begins.
Note: If you are the presenter sharing your screen or application, you can stop application sharing at
any time, either from the Screen Sharing pod window, or from the Screen Sharing pod control strip.
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