The Whiteboard Application Sharing

Application Sharing can be done fromWindows, Mac and Linux. The Application Sharing tool streams the chosen desktop area to the other participants' Whiteboards.

Before starting, start the application you wish to show and place it on your desktop.

Then, in the whiteboard, turn on the Lead Page Changes function. This will lead the other participants to the application sharing page you are about to create.
After pressing the Application Sharing button, the sharing mode will appear onscreen. It removes the large video window and replaces it with an overview of what you are sharing. The whiteboard will also be hidden.

This will make it easier to select the application you would like to present to the others. There is a small miniature Whiteboard in the sharing tool that will show you what the others are seeing.

Move the Shared Desktop rectangle over the application you want to share.
Press Play to start sharing the area under the Shared Desktop rectangle. The Play button will start sending the Shared Desktop rectangles contents. The Stop button will stop sending the Shared Desktop rectangles contents. The Eject button will halt application sharing and return you to the full Marratech interface. You can resize the Shared Desktop rectangle to match your needs.
To give control of your Shared Desktop are to another participant, select him or her from the Allow Control list. ONLY GIVE CONTROL TO SOMEONE YOU TRUST! Allowing someone to control your computer has serious implications. Never leave your computer unattended when allowing control.
The participant you have given control to will now be able to click the steering wheel icon in the Whiteboard's button bar and take control of the Shared Desktop area.
Switch back to "<Nobody>", Stop or Eject to stop the application sharing's remote control feature.
Marratech builds upon VNC to make application sharing possible. This has interesting benefits, such as the ability to use an external VNC server instead of your local computer. It makes it possible to hold software training on a another computer than your own. This is possible by opening the Options menu item under Tools and selecting the VNC tab. Simply specify an external VNC server and port.

Special considerations
Application Sharing requires bandwidth. If you are using it frequently, be sure to use an e-meeting room in which the Whiteboard media is configured for higher bandwidth limits. Using Application Sharing on an Internet connection with low upload speed will of course lead to worsened quality in the audio and video.

Application Sharing requires more resources. You may notice that it uses more processor power than the traditional screen capture in Marratech.

If you feel your system is too slow when sharing an application, try not sending video at the same time. This will reduce your processor load.

You may bring up the whiteboard and use it to annotate over the application being presented. This is a very good way of writing notes or bringing attention to special details or dialog boxes.

Sharing a large area will be slower than a small area. Try to limit and optimize what you want to show so that the updates will be faster.

To share your desktop area with better color quality, open the Options menu item under Tools and select the VNC tab. Change the Depth to 16. This will require more bandwidth.