Shared programs allows meeting participants to view and work on files simultaneously. For example, you may have a Microsoft Word document that several people need to work on. You can open the document on your computer, share it, and then everyone can provide their comments directly in the document. Only the person who has opened the file is required to have the program on their computer. Other participants can work on the document without having the program. Only one person can be in control of a shared program at a time. If controllable appears in the title bar of the shared program window, the person who shared the program has control and is allowing others to work in the program. If the mouse pointer has a box with initials, then another meeting participant has control of the program.
All meeting participants can share programs during a meeting. The shared programs of each participant appear in separate shared program windows on the other participants' desktops.