Show Me Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (Show Me Series)

What's the most convenient way to work together on a presentation with others around the world? NetMeeting ”a conferencing program for meeting and collaborating over the Internet or a corporate intranet. Participants share and exchange information as if they were in one room. The host starts the meeting and controls access to the presentation. When the host allows editing, participants can work on the presentation one at a time. Otherwise, they cannot make changes, but they can see any changes the host makes. All participants can talk to each other, video conference, share programs, collaborate on documents, send files, exchange messages in Chat, transfer files, and draw in the Whiteboard.

Schedule a Meeting

Click the Tools menu, point to Online Collaboration, and then click Schedule Meeting.

Enter participants' names or e-mail addresses, a subject, and the meeting location.

Click Browse, and then double-click a document you want to send.

Select a start and end date and time.

Type a message.

Click the Send button.

Hold a Meeting

Open the document you want to share.

Click the Tools menu, point to Online Collaboration, and then click Meet Now.

If this is your first meeting, enter your personal information, select a server, and then click OK.

Select the participants for the meeting, and then click Call.

Collaborate in an Online Meeting

As the host, click the Allow Others To Edit button on the Online Meeting toolbar.

When collaboration is turned on, click anywhere in the document to gain control. If you are a participant, double-click anywhere in the document to gain control.

Click the Allow Others To Edit button again to turn off the collaboration, or press Esc if you don't have control of the document.

Participate in an Online Meeting

• Use the buttons on the Online Meeting toolbar to participate in an online meeting.