How to show your screen to your interlocutor on Skype? What features are available in Skype calls.

To share with your loved ones and colleagues important information directly from your computer screen, you can set up screen sharing in Skype program. So easy to teach children, elderly relatives or just new users personal computer handle programs correctly: you show clear example using the software, accompanied by verbal comments. At the same time, you can see the reaction of the interlocutor, because his video connection will remain on. How to enable this useful option in Skype you will learn in this article with visual examples.

Go to the program and log in. Use your name account Skype or Microsoft, as well as a personal password.

The screen sharing mode is available only during a call to the user. Therefore, find the person you need in the “Contacts” or “Recent” tab - if you wrote to him not so long ago.

On the right side of the window you will see three icons for managing chat:

• The camera icon makes a video call to the subscriber.
• By clicking on the handset, you will call the user without turning on the cameras.
• The third icon allows you to create conferences, that is, communicate with several people in one group.

Click on one of them to make a call.

As soon as the subscriber picks up the phone, you will have access to additional options call:

• Turn off the camera.
• Mute your microphone.
• Open the settings and options panel.
• Put the phone down.

Click on the plus in the middle of the icons. You will see a pop-up menu in which you need the line “Screen sharing”. The remaining items allow you to add participants to a call, send contacts and files, and manage sounds.

A small window will appear on the screen in which a miniature of your monitor will be located - this is the image that the interlocutor will see after turning on the demonstration.

If you need to show him not the entire screen, but only a window of some program, then contact the top line“Provide general access to your screen."

Click on this line and select the display method you are interested in in the pop-up menu.

Once you are completely satisfied with the thumbnail, click on the “Get Started” button at the bottom of the gray window.

As soon as a thin red frame appears around the screen, the demonstration has begun. From this moment on, the user sees absolutely everything that happens on your monitor.

To control the demonstration during the show, click on the small arrow on the Skype panel.

The settings window will appear in front of you again; you can easily switch the display mode from windowed to full screen and vice versa. To apply the new settings, click “Start”; if you change your mind, click “Cancel”.

Once you have demonstrated everything you need, you can turn off screen sharing and proceed to a regular call. Click the “Stop showing” button on the panel. The demonstration will stop and you will be redirected to the window Skype programs, there you can choose the type of follow-up conversation: audio or video call.

Remember that this option is also available in mobile application Skype for tablets and phones. The principle of operation in it will be exactly the same as on a computer. Do not forget about traffic with this type of communication, because broadcasting the contents of the screen will require you to have sufficient Internet speed and a supply of traffic packages.

Skype is a messenger with many useful functions, which novice users don’t even know about. As they gradually expand their knowledge, they discover options and wonder how to accomplish a particular task. In this article we will explain how to screen share on Skype.

Enable demo: two ways

You can show the image on the monitor to your Skype interlocutor only during a conversation. Video call button in in this case not suitable because it is necessary voice mode. How to enable it? You just need to click on “Call”.

If you are already communicating with him, you need to turn off the video call. Click on the camera icon at the bottom of the conversation screen. When the icon is crossed out, you can proceed to the next step.

In the most top panel window, hover your mouse over the “Calls” section. IN context menu Click on “Screen sharing”.

Click on “Start”. In this way, the user confirms that the program can enable screen sharing.

Now you can ask your interlocutor if you were able to show your screen.

To end the broadcast, click on “Stop broadcast”. The item is on the right top corner window.

To turn it off, you can go back to the “Calls” section and select “Stop demonstration”.

There is another way to display your screen on the monitor of a conversation participant. Click on the plus icon at the bottom of the window next to the microphone icon. Select the third item “Screen sharing”

An arrow will appear on the left. In the drop-down menu, select either window or desktop. Click on “Get Started” to show the screen in Skype.

After enabling the option, the interlocutor will be able to see only what is happening on the user’s monitor, but not the user himself. Even the movement of your cursor will be shown.

If more than one monitor is connected to the PC, when you select a window, not one window will appear, but two. Simply select the window you want to broadcast by highlighting it with a blue frame.

There are two ways to stop an active show: previous methods: either through the panel or through the “Stop showing” button.

How to show a game on Skype?

Many gamers love to share their achievements. Through Skype, you can display on another person's monitor what is happening in the game.

In order to display the game, you need to switch to broadcasting exclusively a specific window where the game is paused. Click on the arrow below, and in the drop-down menu, check the box to the left of “Show window”.

Problems with the demo

Enabling the function may cause some difficulties. For example, the demo section becomes unclickable. Users also complain that Skype does not show games.

Why doesn't screen sharing work? There are two general reasons:

• Different versions of the program on the PC of two users.
• Low internet speed.

How can I improve the situation? To share your screen on Skype, you need a new version program, so first one of the chat participants needs to update the software.

After enabling the feature, a gray square may appear. Why can't I see the screen itself? Most likely, there was a one-time failure. Running the option again will help solve the problem.

The next step is to check the data transfer speed. If it is slow, close all programs that consume traffic (browsers, downloaders, software for searching for updates on the PC).

Screen sharing on Skype is an easy task. Just a few mouse clicks and your screen is on the monitor of your interlocutor. Sometimes difficulties arise that can be quickly resolved by updating the software and increasing Internet traffic.

This function is feasible if the conversation has not yet been started.

Second option

• It is suitable if screen sharing is necessary directly during a conversation.
• Directly in the darkest conversation window, where the interlocutor’s avatar is visible, there is a special panel that pops up when you hover the mouse cursor over it.
• In the middle of the panel there is a button with a “+” icon; you should click on it with the left mouse button, and then select “Screen sharing” from the list that appears.

You can do this procedure in a similar way in the menu “ Calls", which is located at the top of the screen. By clicking the " Begin"you can show the entire desktop, or select " Show window"Then the specific program window will be displayed.

You don’t have to worry about someone being able to get into the structure of your computer, because this function only provides the ability to display the screen. You can disable the function by simply clicking on “ Stop showing».

However, not every version of Skype makes it possible to demonstrate its menu; for example, the special version for Windows 8 does not have such a function, however, like many others. But at the same time you can download for yourself universal version program with all the usual functions.

That's all for me! Now you know the person you are communicating with. If it’s not difficult, click on the social buttons, share the information with your friends, this will help in the development of the blog. And I wish you good health!

With UV. Evgeny Kryzhanovsky