There’s nothing more revealing than a quick look at Twitter
to see how the world is getting through their day using WebEx. Based on what we
have been reading, we need to dispel a few myths.
There are a few problems we can’t solve – like this one:
Who schedules a WebEx for 5pm?!?!
What is wrong with you? From
@thatguyjr
There will always be people with bad timing and no understanding that many of us really do want to stop working at some point during the day! But here is a creative suggestion on how to avoid this problem:
WebEx is great. I can give control of my computer to someone else
which
prevents me from doing real work.. From @chrisdail
Mythbuster: You don’t have to
give up control!
When you are in a WebEx and someone is sharing their
desktop, just double click on the window and you will be able to control the
size and shape of the window like you can in all other programs. Suddenly you
can see the rest of your screen!
You can also use Alt+Tab to toggle through your programs and send your meeting to the back. Now you can multi-task while you are listening and waiting for your turn to present (just don’t close the WebEx browser tab by mistake or you’ll dump the meeting).
Mythbuster: You can share without
revealing it all!
Here’s another common question that has an easy solution:
If only WebEx had a way to share slides without sharing your desktop..... From @frmist
With WebEx, you have a choice of sharing a document, an application or your desktop. All three modes can be very useful depending on what you are doing.
Document share is very focused, it’s only about the specific document you want people to see. Application share will let you change files within an application – say PowerPoint – you can quickly switch between different PowerPoint files and work away. Finally, desktop sharing is probably the most popular way to work with colleagues (in a non-presentation mode) because you can open any application or resource at any time.
The one big caveat is when you are desktop sharing, your guests will see anything that happens on your desktop – including an embarrassing instant message or when you decide to check email. They will see it all! So choose your “share” state accordingly.
We’ll keep trolling on Twitter to see if we can provide more helpful tips for problems with easy answers. In the mean time, for problems like this one:
12:30PM and I am already entering my 4th WebEx
session of the day...
geez... @Marianokon
All we can say is @Marianokon, may we suggest investing in
an iPhone so you can at least be mobile in your next WebEx meeting!
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