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How To Use Features In Teams meetings

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1. Join a Teams meeting using the Teams access code.

Teams Meeting screen

2. Starting from left to right, select the chat option to open the chat box. This is where all meeting participants are able to talk to one another within the meeting without using their microphones.

Teams meeting screen with chat feature open

3. To the right of "Chat," is "People." By selecting this, you can see all participants of the meeting.

Teams meeting screen with people feature open

4. The "Raise" feature allows you to draw attention to yourself if you have a question or a point to add on.

Teams meeting screen with "raise hand" feature

5. "React" allows various forms of reactions from the meeting participants. Such as a thumbs up, hand clapping, and more.

Teams meeting screen with "React" feature

6. If you'd like to have the meeting recorded, you can select the "More" drop down menu, then the "Record and Transcribe" button, then "Start Recording" for a recording of the meeting, or "Start Transcription" for a transcription of the meeting.

A teams meeting, with the "More","Record and Transcribe" and "Start Recording" and "Start Transcription" buttons highlighted

7. If you'd like to turn on live captions, you can select "More" then "Language and Speech" and then "Turn on live captions"

A teams meeting, with the "more" button highlighted and its drop down menu opened, with the "Language and Speech" button highlighted and opened and the "Turn on Live Captions" button highlighted

8. To access settings in your meeting, select "more" then "Settings" and choose the relevant settings from the list

A teams meeting, with the "More" menu highlighted and open, and the "Settings" button highlighted and its menu opened and highlighted

9. Selecting the "Camera" and "Mic" option allows you to turn on and off your camera and microphone. Allowing you to show the meeting participants your camera and speak through the microphone.

Teams meeting screen with optional camera and microphone active

10. Selecting "Share" allows you to share your screen or another window to the other meeting participants.

Teams meeting screen with "Share" feature active

11. By selecting "Leave," you are leaving/ending the Teams meeting.

A Teams meeting opened, with the "Leave" button highlighted
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