Open the Whiteboard in an online meeting - Help and How-to

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Open the Whiteboard in an online meeting

Applies to: Microsoft Office Excel 2003, PowerPoint 2003, Word 2003

Only the host of an online meeting can open the Whiteboard (Whiteboard: Microsoft NetMeeting feature that opens a separate window in which online meeting participants can type text; draw shapes; copy, paste, and delete objects; and highlight or point to text and graphics.) when Microsoft Windows NetMeeting is used from within Microsoft Office.

On the Online Meeting toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.), click Display Whiteboard .

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If you want to prevent participants from changing the shared document but still allow them to draw or type simultaneously on the Whiteboard, on the Online Meeting toolbar, click Stop others from editing Button image .