| Microsoft NetMeeting is a program that comes with Access 2003. It allows you to host, participate, and collaborate in an online meeting over the Internet or an intranet. You can share and exchange information as if everyone were in the same room. As a host for an online meeting, you can start the meeting and control the database. You can allow participants to make changes to the database. Each person in the online meeting can then take turns editing and controlling the database. As a participant and collaborator, you can share applications and documents, send text messages in Chat, transfer files, and work on the Whiteboard. Start an Impromptu Online Meeting -
 | Open the database you want to share. | -
 | Click the Tools menu, point to Online Collaboration, and then click Meet Now. | -
 | If this is the first time you've worked in an online meeting, the Microsoft NetMeeting dialog box appears. Fill out the information in the My Information and Directory boxes, and then click OK. | -
 | Select the participants for the meeting. | -
 | Click Call to start NetMeeting running in the background. |  Collaborate in an Online Meeting -
| | As the host, click the Allow Others To Edit button on the Online Meeting toolbar. | -
| | When collaboration is turned on, click anywhere in the database to gain control. If you are a participant, double-click anywhere in the database to gain control. | -
| | Click the Allow Others To Edit button again to turn off the collaboration, or press Esc if you don't have control of the database. |  Participate in an Online Meeting Online Meeting Toolbar | Button | Description | |  | Allows the host to invite additional participants to the online meeting. | |  | Allows the host to remove a participant from the online meeting. | |  | Allows participants to edit and control the database during the online meeting. | |  | Allows participants to send messages in a Chat session during the online meeting. | |  | Allows participants to draw or type on the Whiteboard during the online meeting. | |  | Allows either the host to end the online meeting for the entire group or a participant to disconnect. | |
Did You Know? You can start NetMeeting using the Start menu . Click Start on the taskbar, point to Programs, and then click NetMeeting. You can receive an online meeting call . You must have NetMeeting running on your computer to receive an online meeting call. You can join an online meeting . If you receive an online meeting call, click Accept in the Join Meeting dialog box. If you receive an Outlook reminder for the meeting, click Start This NetMeeting (host) or Join This NetMeeting (participant). To receive an Outlook reminder to join a meeting, you need to have accepted the meeting from an e-mail message. |
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