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Today's Zoom Tip - 12 November 2020
12 November 2020
This week鈥檚 Zoom tip is about useful keyboard shortcuts.
Zoom offers keyboard shortcuts for many of the controls available in a meeting.听These听can听improve accessibility听for people with a visual impairment or who听are unable to use the mouse,听but are also useful if you just听prefer to keep your hands on the keyboard.听It鈥檚 not easy to remember them听all,听so focus on the ones that you will use most frequently first and then gradually introduce听new ones听as you听get used to them.听
Here are some helpful shortcuts to听start with:听
听 | Windows听 | Mac OS听 |
Mute/unmute听your听audio | Alt + A听 | Command + Shift + A听 |
Start/stop video听 | Alt + V听 | Command + Shift + V听 |
Raise/lower hand听 | Alt + Y听 | Option + Y听 |
Open/close Chat panel听 | Alt + H听 | Command + Shift + H听 |
Open/close Participants panel听 | Alt + U听 | Command + U听 |
Mute the entire group (host only)听 | Alt + M听 | Command + Control + M听 |
Enter/exit full screen听 | Alt + F听 | Command + Shift + F听 |
You can edit your keyboard shortcuts in Settings听in the Zoom desktop app. Click on your icon in the top right and go to听Settings,听or click on the Settings button (which looks like a grey cog symbol) just below your icon.听
Using the Space bar to unmute听
If you are听in a noisy environment you can set yourself to mute听but temporarily unmute yourself to speak听by holding down the听space bar. When you release the space bar you return to being muted.听This feature is enabled by default but you can turn it off under the听Audio听section of Settings in the desktop app.听
For a full list of shortcuts, visit the听听in the .听
If you have any tips for using Zoom which have really helped you make the most of the product, please email听isd-webcomms@ucl.ac.uk听or post your tip on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag听#zoomtips. If you are having any specific issues with the set-up of Zoom, please contact zoomsupport@ucl.ac.uk.听