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February 20, 2013
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Is it possible to use the annotation tools in a screen/application share

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Is it possible to use the annotation tools in a screen/application share? That is the tools you get when you share a whiteboard?

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    Correct answer Jorma_at_Knox

    You need to select the Pause and Annotate function from the icon that appears in your system tray when sharing your screen. Connect will then take a screen shot of your screen and bring you back into the room with whiteboarding tools available to mark up the image. Then click the Resume button to go back to active screen sharing.

    You cannot whiteboard over an active screen share or the dormant state of the Share pod.

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    Jorma_at_Knox
    Jorma_at_KnoxCorrect answer
    Legend
    February 20, 2013

    You need to select the Pause and Annotate function from the icon that appears in your system tray when sharing your screen. Connect will then take a screen shot of your screen and bring you back into the room with whiteboarding tools available to mark up the image. Then click the Resume button to go back to active screen sharing.

    You cannot whiteboard over an active screen share or the dormant state of the Share pod.

    E_slinger
    E_slinger
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    February 25, 2013

    Hello,

    Agreed.

    I wish that icon in the system tray was more obvious, it can get lost easily. I have worked with presenters who never even knew it was there.

    I prefer sharing the entire desktop, but when you do the system tray that Jorma mentions is the only way (that I know of...I would love a short-cut keyboard command) to access that pause and annotate.

    You can also share an application instead of the entire desktop to get the same list of commands (click on the red button that is on the app window you are sharing).

    Be careful if you are using dual monitors though...in my experience, Connect wants those shared windows to be in your primary. So test before you use in a real session.

    Thoughts?

    Jorma_at_Knox
    Jorma_at_Knox
    Legend
    February 25, 2013

    E_slinger is correct that if you use Window or Application Sharing, it will expect the window to be on the primary monitor.

    Looks like there is a Keyboard shortcut for starting/stopping the screen share, but not pause and annotate: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/connect/9.0/using/WS5ae85155c1a0214d1172e081227b89777b-8000.html#WS5e953006aa800217-2e21eaae122a9c49b5b-8000

    Shortcuts for Adobe Presenter content in the Share pod

    Start/Stop Desktop Sharing

    Ctrl+[ (Windows) or Command+[ (Mac OS)

    Next page/slide

    Page Up or Right Arrow

    Previous page/slide

    Page Down or Left Arrow

    Play/Pause

    P

    Stop

    S

    Mute

    M

    Change view

    F

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