Adobe Connect--Tablet PC

The following are the results of a trial using Adobe Connect with a Lenovo Tablet PC; the trial PC came with Vista, but did not have any of the Microsoft Office suite programs loaded.

As far as connecting with a meeting and using the camera and microphone, there was no problem.  I plugged in my Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000; entered a test meeting with a couple people for my group and there was no difference from using that camera on my regular PC.  Audio also worked fine.

When I flipped the screen around, into tablet mode, that’s when I started to find things that would not work.  I could use the pen/stylus to do everything that a left mouse click normally does.  These types of things include moving and re-sizing pods, using the menu items at the top of the screen, activating camera and microphone, etc.  However, I could not figure how to write in the various pods.  Normally (i.e. in tablet mode, but not connected to Breeze) when you touch pen to screen, a little “bubble” appears, which expands when you start writing.  This bubble normally translates your handwriting into text.  When using the pen in Adobe Connect, the bubble never appears, thus making it impossible to use the Chat or Note pod or anyplace else where you need to write.

On the positive side, I was able to share the “Sticky Note” application via Breeze’s screen sharing feature.  Remote users logged into my meeting were able to see my handwriting appear on the sticky note.  I also shared the Word Pad (I think that’s what it’s called; the stripped down version of Word) and far end users were easily able to see my handwriting turned into text in the document.  But in these cases, I was using the pen in each application, not Breeze.