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share. Voilà, nobody saw you misspelled your ■ Use a PowerPoint as a virtual background! Who
boss’s name! has not wanted to have their face superimposed
■ You want to skip a slide without the awkward on top of a PowerPoint presentation? (See the
quick advance. Pause the share, advance to the screenshot at the bottom of the previous page.)
new slide, and when you are ready to advance, ■ Impress your team with some intro music to
simply resume the share. start the meeting. Clicking Music or Computer
■ You didn’t use one of the options in “Share the Sound Only won’t share any content on your
‘Right’ Screen” tip from above, and you need to screen, but it will share the audio from your
get to your email that is hiding behind the ac- computer. Who doesn’t love starting every
tive application you are sharing onscreen. Pause meeting with some “Crazy Train” to kick
the share, move your email to another screen, things off?
and resume the share. Nobody will be the wiser. ■ Share content from a second camera attached to
your computer, or share only a portion of your
Dazzle your friends with advanced sharing main screen to attendees.
options Zoom is packed with many hidden features that
A rarely explored section of options exists beyond can easily make you look like a pro. Take some time
the basic sharing options discussed earlier. When to play with the options and get ready to show off
clicking the Share Screen button, you can select your new skills on that next companywide meeting!
Advanced in the top center of the screen (see the — By Byron Patrick, CPA/CITP, CGMA
screenshot above). Here are a few of my favorites:

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