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"SKYPE" BASICS
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Web location for this
presentation:
http://aztcs.orgClick on
“Meeting Notes”
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"Skype" have been evolving during
the past two years:
The original "Skype" runs as an
application or app.
The newer "Skype for Web (beta)"
runs in some Web browsers.
In "Windows 10" computers, "Skype"
also runs as an "universal app" called
"Skype Video".
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Topics• Three Ways to Do Skype
• "Skype accounts" versus "Microsoft
Accounts"
• Communications provided by
Skype:
Video calls, voice calls, text chat,
SMS messaging, distribute files
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Three Ways to Do Skype:
• "Skype" application program or app
• "Skype for Web (beta)"
• "Skype Video"
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Three Ways to Do Skype
(continued):• "Skype" application program or app:
Full feature set
Only way to share your screen
More diagnostics than the other two
methods
Uses more RAM than the other two
methods of running Skype
Uses more Internet bandwidth than the
other two methods of running Skype
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Three Ways to Do Skype
(continued):• "Skype for Web (beta) :
Requires a browser-specific plug in
Less diagnostics than the other two
methods
Uses less RAM than the other two
methods of running Skype
Uses less Internet bandwidth than
the other two methods of running
Skype
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Three Ways to Do Skype (continued):
• "Skype Video" :
Only available inside "Windows 10" as
a bundled part of the operating system.
You have to log into "Windows 10" with
a "Microsoft Account to use the "Skype
Video" universal app.
You cannot use a "Skype Account".
"Skype Video" misleads you into
believing that you can only use a
"Microsoft Account" to run Skype.
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"Get Skype"
in "Windows 10"
• "Get Skype" is a wizard in
the "Start Menu" that
helps you download and
install the "Skype for
Windows" program.
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TWO KEY WEB SITES FOR
CONFIGURING SKYPE• http://skype.com
to create a "Skype Account" and to
edit your Skype profile settings
• http://web.skype.com
to run the newer
"Skype for Web (beta)" to connect
with another party.
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Two Ways to Log into Skype:
• Log in with a "Skype Account"
• Log in with a "Microsoft account"
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Two Ways to Log into Skype:
• live:
in the "Skype: " name of a found
contact when you search in the
Skype "Contacts" area means that
the Skype user logged into one of
the three forms of Skype with a
"Microsoft Account".
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Two Ways to Log into Skype:
• A regular no-spaces and no @ sign
in the "Skype: " name in the profile
of found contact when you search
in the Skype "Contacts" area
means that the Skype user logged
into the "Skype" application or app
OR "Skype for Web"
with a "Skype account"
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Two Ways to Log into Skype
:(continued)
• If you end up with a Skype account
and a Microsoft account, you can
merge the Skype account into the
Microsoft account per
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/F
A12060/how-do-i-link-my-skype-
and-microsoft-accounts
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USING SKYPE
• Here are some tricks for using
"Skype":
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If you lose the presenter's
displayed contents
(headshot, video, or shared
screen), you can usually
get it back by clicking once
on the presenter's name in
the Skype "Contacts" list:
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Double-click on the
presenter's displayed
contents (his/her headshot,
video, or shared screen) to
maximize it. This makes
Skype's "Contacts" list,
"call bar", and chat box
disappear:
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Double-click again on the
presenter's displayed
contents to restore
Skype's "Contacts" list,
"call bar", and chat box:
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You can also restore the
displayed content to normal
size (displaying Skype's
"Contacts", "call bar", and
text chat box), by clicking on
the button on the left end of
the Skype "Call Bar":
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After about 10 seconds
and if you do not move
the mouse cursor, the
Skype "Call Bar"
autohides:
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To get the Skype "Call
Bar" to show up, shake
the mouse or click
once on the displayed
content:
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To restore the displayed
content to normal size
(displaying the Skype
"Contacts", "call bar", and
text chat box), you can also
click on the button in the
upper-right corner:
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At any single point in time,
only one of the participants
in a Skype session can
share a screen with the
other participant(s).
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If a Skype session participant is sharing
their screen and second Skype
session participant initiates screen
sharing:
All of the other participants will see
the screen of the person that just
initiated their screen sharing with the
exception of the person who was
originally sharing their screen:
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For the original screen sharing
participant, their screen sharing will
be terminated and their Skype window
will be minimized. When this person
restores or maximizes their Skype
windows, they will see the screen
sharing of the second person who
initiated screen sharing.
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When you close the Skype window by
clicking on the "X" button in its upper
right-hand corner, Skype minimizes to
the "Taskbar" as a "Task button". At
this point Skype is still running as a
background, memory-resident
application. To really shut it down, you
have to use the RIGHT mouse button
to click on the Skype "Task button".
Then click on "Quit Skype" in the pop-
up "Task List".
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To learn to use "Skype",
you can view the free
videos at
http://www.skype.com/e
n/essentials/windows-
desktop/
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When using "Skype for Web
(beta)", you cannot share
your screen and you cannot
receive another party's
shared screen.
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When using "Skype Video"
(in Windows 10), you
cannot share your screen
but you can receive a
shared screen from another
party.
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When using "Skype Video"
(in Windows 10), you have
to be already logged in with
your "Microsoft Account"
and you cannot use a
"Skype Account".
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Drag a file into the Chat area
to send it to all other parties
in a Skype session.
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Additional Information• For a detailed description of Skype
features, see
http://www.skype.com/en/features/
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