The Virtual Meeting Directory (TVM) contains the following applications and sample files
Keyboard Commands Transmitted _____________________________ Up arrow scrolls up Left arrow scrolls up Down arrow scrolls down Right arrow scrolls down Esc Key exits PPT Viewer 1 Key document 1 2 Key document 2 3 Key document 3 4 Key document 4 A Key actual size Ctrl + H actual size F Key fit page to window Ctrl + J fit page to window W Key fit width to window Ctrl + K fit width to window Z Key zoom Ctrl + L zoom A Key find again Ctrl + G find again F Key go to first page Ctrl + 1 go to first page P Key go to previous page Ctrl + 2 go to previous page N Key go to next page Ctrl + 3 go to next page L Key go to last page Ctrl + 4 go to last page B Key go back Ctrl + - go back d Key go forward Ctrl + = go forward C Key cascade windows SHIFT + F5 cascade windows T Key tile windows SHIFT + F4 tile windows A Key close all windows Mouse Commands Transmitted __________________________ Right Mouse Button Transmits Pointer Position
Keyboard Commands Transmitted _____________________________ Up arrow scrolls up Left arrow scrolls up Down arrow scrolls down Right arrow scrolls down Home Key goes to first page Prior Key goes to previous page Back Key goes to previous page Next Key goes to next page Next Page Key goes to next page End Key goes to last page Mouse Commands Transmitted __________________________ Right Mouse Button Transmits Pointer Position
Keyboard Commands Transmitted _____________________________ Up arrow scrolls up Left arrow scrolls up Down arrow scrolls down Right arrow scrolls down Mouse Commands Transmitted __________________________ Right Mouse Button Transmits Pointer Position
Keyboard Commands Transmitted _____________________________ Esc Key quit Up arrow go to previous slide Left arrow go to previous slide P Key go to previous slide Page Up go to previous slide 1 Key go to next slide Down arrow go to next slide Right arrow go to next slide N Key go to next slide Space Key go to next slide B Key blacks screen . Key blacks screen W Key white screen , Key white screen A Key fit width to window = Key fit width to window S Key fit width to window + Key fit width to window F12 Transmits Pointer Position Sorry we couldınt use the Right mouse button its already being used.
In the Virtual Meeting (TVM) Directory you will find eight other Directories described above. You can organize your presentation and meeting documents by putting them in one of these directorties or in The Virtual Meeting Directory (TVM) itself. These are the locations that the system will search first when documents or applications are needed. If they are not found in one of these locations you will be prompted by the standard Windows File Finder dialog to locate the needed files every time they are needed.
Before a meeting you should distribute any presentation files you are going to use to all of your collaborators either electronically or by mail. Everyone should place the files into one of the above directories in order for them to be available during the conference. This preparation is not necessary if you use the WhiteBoard to prepare your slides because the WhiteBoard can transmit the images in its drawings as you open them if you wish.
If you would like to wait for a call from someone else you should select Wait For A Call from the Session menu. This sends an "auto answer command" to your modem which will respond by printing OK in the Terminal window. When a call is recieved your modem will notify you by printing CONNECTED in the terminal window. When you are done waiting for a modem call and would like to switch your modem off of the "auto answer" mode. This can be done by selecting Stop Waiting For A Call from the Session menu.
If you are connecting to another single user by modem you will be able to type back and forth to each other in the terminal window once the connection has been established. Either You or the person you are collaborating with can hide the terminal window any time by using the Hide Terminal Window from the Conference Menu. It can be shown again using the Show Terminal Window from the Conference Menu. If you are in a moderated conference the moderator or person in control can hide or show your terminal window and this will be taken care of for you by the moderator. If you are connecting with a modem to a conference on a Bulletin Board System like First Class or an on-line service like Delphi , Genie, or Compuserve you will need to use the Terminal Window to log in to the system and navigate to the conferencing or chat area where you will join a conference. Once you are in the conferencing area you can hide the Terminal Window using the Hide Session Window from the Session Menu.
To connect to another user or conference you will use the Connect... command from the Session Menu. A dialog box will prompt you for the network address of the user or conference server you will be connecting to. Network IP addresses are in the form n.n.n.n where n is a number between 0 and 255. You can also enter a domain name in the form domain.domain.domain if you have made entries for that domain in your Winsock host file. After entering the IP address or domain name click the connect button. A dialog box will notify you when you have been connected successfully.
Receiving A Call
To wait for a connection from another person you should select the ³Wait for Connection² command from the Session Menu. A dialog box will notify you when you have been connected successfully. Another person will only be able to connect with you if he knows your IP address or domain name. He will use that and type it in when he selects the Connect... command from the Session menu (described above).
You can now use the left and right arrow keys to advance thru the slide presentation. If you click the right mouse button in the QuickTime player window a message gets sent to your collaborators to display the cursor in their QuickTime player window s at that same location. You can cause all the QuickTime Movie players to quit using the Quit Another Program command in the Conference Gatewayıs Process menu.
Try Opening a Quicktime movie using the Open... command from the File Menu in the QuickTime Players File Menu. A file finder dialog box will appear so you can choose which QuickTime movie file to open. You should choose CLRHEART.MOV. The QuickTime Player will load and cue the Clear Heart movie .
You can now use the up and down arrow keys to start and stop the movie. If you stop and move around in the movie you can use the Transmit Cue Point menu command in the Movie menu to synchronize the current frame on all your collaborators computers.
Try opening a Bit Map file in the background of the WhiteBoard. You can do this using the Open Bit Map File from the File menu. You can now annotate on top of the bitmap file and save the changes in a separate layer (You never modify the original bitmap file).
WARNING When you are done using the Adobe Acrobat Exchange application use the Quit Acrobat Exchange command from the Process Menu in order to quit the program. Using the Acrobat Menu to quit or using the universal ALT F4 keyboard command to quit may cause unpredictable problems.
NOTE In Order for the TVM Conference Gateway to find and launch the Acrobat Viewer program (acroview.exe) it must installed in the TVM directory or have an entry in your DOS paths statement.
A sample Acrobat PDF file has been provided (TVM Tour.PDF), try opening it using the Open Adobe Acrobat File menu command from the Conferencing menu. Try using the Acrobat Go To Next Page menu command and the Acrobat Go To Previous Page menu command from the Conference menu to navigate thru the document. You can close the current Acrobat document by selecting the Acrobat Close Front Window menu command from the Adobe Acrobat Exchange menu.
If you have the TVM Acrobat Plug-Ins installed try using the Pencil Tool and the Eraser Tool to sketch and annotate on top of Acrobat PDF documents. Try using the Gesturing Tool to point out features in PDF documents.
NOTE In Order for the TVM Conference Gateway to find and launch the Acrobat Exchane program (acroexch.exe) it must installed in the TVM directory or have an entry in your DOS paths statement.
To start web conferencing while running the TVM Conference Gateway the conference leader should launch Netscape Navigator on everyone's computer by selecting launch Netscape Navigator from the Web menu. The conference leader can use three styles of web conferencing.
The Transmit Current Web Page Location menu command can be used to send all the all the web browsers in the conference to the page being displayed on the leaders web browser.
You can also have a more tightly coupled Web Conference by using the You Follow Me menu command from the Web menu. Once activated every link the leader clicks on on his or her web browser will not only cause their web browser to go to that link but everyone elses as well. The Stop Following menu command stops the monitoring and forwarding of new link locations to the other conference attendees.
Netscape can also used to start The Virtual Meeting Conference Gateway and connect it to a conference if desired. This is done by clicking on, downloading and running a TVM connect script file that has been placed on a Web Server and linked to a web page. In order to connect to a conference server in this way all you need to do is click on its link on the web page. In order for this to work correctly The Virtual Meeting Conference Gateway will need to be registered with Netscape to handle .tvm files (TVM connect script files). While you are at it you may want to register the TVM QuickTime movie and slide player application to handle .mov files as well.
NOTE In Order for the TVM Conference Gateway to find and launch the Netscape Navigator program (netscape.exe) it must installed in the TVM directory or have an entry in your DOS paths statement.
NOTE You will need to wait for the Power Point application to start up. When it does you need to switch back to the TVM Conference Gateway you can use the Ctrl + ESC key combination for this. When you get back to the conference gateway you will need to choose Switch to Power Point Viewer from the Process Menu.
You can now use the left and right arrow keys to advance thru the Power Point presentation. see the section on ppthook.dll above for other keyboard commands.
When you quit from the PowerPoint viewer application a command is sent to your collaborators computers causing the PowerPoint viewer application to quit on their computers as well.
You can now use the page up and page down keys to advance thru the presentation and the arrow keys to scroll the presentation window. See the section on cghook.dll above for other keyboard commands. If you click the right mouse button in the Common Ground Mini Viewer window a message gets sent to your collaborators to display the cursor in their Common Ground Mini Viewer window s at that same location.
WARNING When you are done using the Common Ground Mini Viewer application use the Quit Common Ground Mini Viewer from the Process Menu in order to quit the program. Using the System Menu to quit or using the universal ALT F4 keyboard command to quit may cause unpredictable problems.
You can now use the page up and page down keys to advance thru the document and the arrow keys to scroll the document window. See the section on wrihook.dll above for other keyboard commands. If you click the right mouse button in the MS Write window a message gets sent to your collaborators to display the cursor in their MS Write window s at that same location.
When you quit from the MS Write application a command is sent to your collaborators computers causing the MS Write application to quit on their computers as well.
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