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Zoom AI Companion2024-12-16 12:17 PM
Since I updated the Zoom today I cant use the Advanced sharing option Slides as background. There is a triangle with exclamation mark with text " You can now share slides as background with presenter layouts." Did you disabled this option? What can I do to access it again? Daniel Paulus
2024-12-17 11:24 PM
Hello,
In Zoom 6.3.0 the Slides as Background feature that allows sharing slides as a virtual background has been removed, as the existing Layouts feature already provides this functionality. Presenters can use screen sharing presenter layouts to display their video in various positions in front of shared content, including slide decks. This change reduces product complexity and eliminates potential user confusion caused by having duplicate ways to achieve the same result.
https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0061222
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2024-12-18 05:27 AM
Hello,
this i deffinately not the same functionality. When I share the PPT presentation I cant see myself in front slides, I cant easily change my possition in front of the slides, i cant have the other windows open on the screen like notes etc. If I share jsut part of my screen it doesnt allow me to have right resolution. I cant use the teleprompter correctly. Sharing the slides as background is much better solution. Please consider to get it back.
I have been on the chat with your technical support and they obviously didnt know there is such a change. The technical support let me tested it before and after update and he sent me the odler version where it still working.
Please check that and reconsider. This is deffinately not the same functionality.
2024-12-18 05:59 AM
Hello,
This is definitely not the same functionality.
1. Slides as background allows me to upload the entire presentation as screenshots and then not be affected by the resolution of my own screen. I can shrink the window as much as I want, but clients see the full quality of the slides.
2. I can have other windows open at the same time e.g. text notes etc. without affecting what is presented.
3. The meeting recording includes the presenter in front of the slides, which is not possible in any other format. The recording otherwise contains the screen and the presenter on the side.
4. This does not make good enough use of the teleprompter, which has a low resolution and I need to see on it what the watcher sees and notes on the presentation alongside.
I was on chat with your tech support yesterday and they had no idea that this was an intentional change in the zoom function. We tested the older and new version together.
Please roll back this feature until it is fully replaced. At the moment it absolutely does not match what you are describing.
Daniel Paulus
2024-12-18 09:36 AM - edited 2024-12-18 09:43 AM
Hello,
I don't work for Zoom. I am a customer just like you. Although this community forum is useful, the best way to get traction on an issue is through Zoom's official feedback process.
"Zoom welcomes your ideas, requests or comments about Zoom".
Submit your feature request or complaints here;
https://zoom.us/feed
Using Screen Sharing Presenter layouts
In front: Displays the presenter over the shared content.
https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0074062
Regards
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