Can the speaker box be hidden?

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When you are hosting a Zoom meeting and sharing your desktop, is there a way to hide the speaker box where the speaker's camera image is normally displayed? We hope to do this because the speaker's image is already embedded in the Microsoft sharepoint slides. Thank you.

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Hi @5tudent
No, you can not prevent the speaker from being seen; the user controls whether they see the speaker or gallery. I suppose you could spotlight somebody else.
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John

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