Adobe Acrobat Connect

About screen sharing

Screen sharing allows you to collaborate with your colleagues on a variety of documents, regardless of differences in operating system or installed software. For example, you can display the contents of a document, demonstrate an action within an application, or share a presentation that is running on your computer. While screen sharing, you can also pause the currently shared item and then annotate or draw on it using one of several annotation tools.

When you share your computer screen, actions you take in the shared region are visible to all attendees in the meeting. Viewers can follow the progress of your pointer as you move it across your screen.

There are three ways you can share your screen:

Desktop
When you share your entire desktop, attendees see everything that happens on your computer screen, including e‑mail pop‑ups, alerts, and all visible windows and applications. This option is best when your demonstration involves several applications and windows, or when the areas you want to share are layered on top of each other. You can pause a shared desktop and annotate everything that is currently visible.

Application
If you choose this option, you can select from a list of applications currently running on your computer. Only the applications you select will be visible to attendees (along with any windows associated with the applications). Use this option if you want to demonstrate functionality or share documents that can be opened in one or more applications.

Window
If you choose this option, you can select from a list of windows currently open on your computer. Only the windows you select will be visible to attendees. Use this option if you want to share or annotate only the information that appears in one or more windows.

Note: If you share control of your screen while sharing the entire desktop, the person controlling your screen also has access to your entire computer system. Sharing only an application or window is a more secure way to share information, as it limits what attendees can see or access.

When you are sharing windows or applications, the regions that you share must be visible on your desktop in order to be visible in the Share pod to other attendees. If you are sharing a window or application, and a window you are not sharing covers it, the overlapped area will appear as a blue cross-hatched pattern in the Share pod.