Present during a video meeting

Tips:

• If you want to share audio from your presentation, you must present a tab and have “Also share tab audio” toggled on.
• Sharing your screen may be disabled for you due to admin settings (if you're part of a Workspace organization) or meeting host controls.
• On your computer, when you click Present in the greenroom before you join a meeting, you join in Companion mode. When you use this option, your mic and speaker are unavailable.
• You can use picture-in-picture mode to concurrently present and find your audience. Learn how to use picture-in-picture mode.

Learn more about Google Meet settings for admins.

Important: When you go to Google Meet and click Present in the green room, before you join a meeting, you join in Companion mode. When you use this option, your mic and speaker are unavailable.

Tip: There can be a maximum of 10 simultaneous presentations in a meeting at a time.

1. Join a Meet video meeting.
2. At the bottom, click Present now .
3. Select A tab, A window, or Your entire screen.
   • If you present a Chrome tab, it shares that tab's audio by default.
   • To present a different tab:
     1. Select the tab that you want to present
     2. On the banner, click Share this tab instead.
   • If you present a Slides presentation through a tab, you can control it in Meet.
4. Click Share.
5. Optional: To unpin your presentation and show it as a tile, click Unpin .
   See how to un-pin a presentation in Google Meet using Google Workspace for business
   You can now find more participants while you present.

Tips:

• If your camera is turned on, your video is active while you're presenting.
• For better presentations and to prevent mirroring, share a new window or a specific tab instead of the meeting window.
• To share your audio, you must select Share a Chrome tab or Share this tab.

• In the Meet window, click Stop Presenting.
• At the bottom right, click You are presenting Stop presenting.

1. At the bottom, click Present now.
2. Select Your entire screen, A window, or Chrome Tab.
3. Select Present instead.

Tip: If you start to present during someone else's presentation, their presentation will pause.

Important: You must use a computer and a Chrome browser to present directly to Google Meet from Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

You can present directly to Google Meet from Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides. This can make it easier to present a document, sheet, or slideshow at a meeting. Before you present, join the meeting to know if it's being recorded. Learn how to use Google Meet with Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Jamboard.

Share files you present

As you present, you can share access to the file when someone needs it. You can only share Docs, Sheets, or Slides files.

Important: To check share suggestions, you must use the Chrome or Edge browser and not be in Incognito mode.

• A sharing suggestion only appears if you select “Present a tab” as the sharing mode.
• You can grant access to the file and attach the file to the meeting’s Calendar event.
• Meeting attendees get a notification that:
  • You shared the file.
  • The link is shared in the meeting’s chat.

Share during the presentation

1. Click Share in Meet chat .
2. Select an option:
   • If all participants have access to the file, the link is shared in the Meet chat and attached to the Calendar event.
   • If a participant doesn’t have access to the file, you’re notified with a pop-up. Click Share in Meet chat.
3. The file is shared in the Meet chat and attached to the Calendar event.

Tip: To not attach a file to an event, in the pop-up, uncheck “Attach the file to the Calendar event.”

Share in Meet chat

1. During or after the presentation, open Meet chat .
2. Click Share {filename}.
   • If all participants have access to the file, the link appears in the Meet chat.
3. Click Send .
4. If a participant doesn’t have access to the file, you’re notified with a pop-up. Click Share in Meet chat.
5. The file is shared in the Meet chat.

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