The function of the Toolbar

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The function of the Toolbar

toolbar_utente toolbar_supervisore In this paragraph we will analyze the features of the toolbar, the container of buttons that allow us to activate and deactivate the intuitive key functions of the application.

Starting from version 20090427, easymeeting™ makes a single toolbar available that contains the features more frequently used and activated through the horizontal Windows© menu (through the path Menuà WindowsàToolbar).

Remember that each function activated through the menu toolbar is also available the horizontal menu Windows©.

On each toolbar, the buttons can have 3 different states, as shown in the next figure:

• Feature activated, red

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example of the button pressed and activated

• Function enable, blue

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example of the enable button

• Function disabled, grey color

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example of a button disabled

The functions can be disabled for both logical terms (for example, I cannot ask to be enabled on a Full-Duplex channel if I am already on the channel), for special privileges granted by the Administrator and some user/at the meeting: the most exemplary is the Interrupt function, which permits a user to join Full-Duplex without making a request to the Supervisor of the meeting.

Toolbar: user version(1) and supervisor version (2)

To better understand, the next paragraphs will include both versions of the toolbar, the standard toolbar (available from the 20090427 version and using the standard skin) and the previous ones (available using the classic skin).

General toolbar

Details of 20090427 version toolbar (standard skin):

	Activate/Deactivate your video. When pressed, the button starts sending video taken from your webcam or video camera, and sending audio that comes from your microphone. The button appears dormant until the person is enabled on a Full-Duplex channel by the supervisor (more info).
	Activate/Deactivate your audio. When pressed, the button starts sending audio from your microphone. The button appears dormant until the person is enabled on a Full-Duplex channel by the supervisor (more info).
	Activate/Deactivate your video preview window When pressed, the button shows a local Video Preview of your video. Note that this doesn’t mean that you are on a Full-Duplex channel to communicate with other users. (more info).
	Managing the local Audio, both incoming (ie received) and outgoing (ie heard from others) (more info).
	Find a file on your hard disk or on your intranet (more info).
	Send a file selected with the button above to all connected users of the easymeeting™ (more info).
	Open the Whiteboard to comment on the documents unmodified. The Whiteboard is a sort of “light” that is over the document and allows you to draw on the top of the file without changing the original (more info).
	Synchronizing the PowerPoint, previously sent to all the users, with the slide shown at the particular moment the user presses the button. All the PCs will view the slide show from the commenter, to keep the attention of the participants (more info).
	Activate/Deactivate the Screen Share for the collaborative sharing of any program. The user presses on the button opening a “window” on his PC to allow all the other participants to see what is on his desktop. However, those one who’s sharing may decide another user can work on the portion shared on his desktop. Which is used to work remotely on an application installed in just one of the PCs involved in the meeting (more info).
	Activate/Deactivate the recording of an easymeeting™ session. Recording allows you to create a single file, complete with all the contributors’ audio, video and data exchanged in the meeting. The file of the recording can be replayed offline, the only constraint is the installation of the free easymeeting™ client (more info).
	Chat to communicate in text with other users (more info).
	Send a reservation request to speak in the Full-Duplex channel, of make a booking. The function is available only for normal users. After pressing the button, the Supervisor sees the relative number on the reservation next to the user on the Users list window (more info).
	Interrupt, or auto activation of a user on the Full-Duplex channel with no request being made to the Supervisor. This function is available only for normal users who have had this privilege from the easymeeting™ Administrator (for example, people with higher hierarchy to the role of the other participants) (more info).

The toolbars described in the following paragraphs refer to the earlier versions of the application and to Classic Skin, available also in 20090427 version of easymeeting™.

Toolbars previous version