How to Share the Screen via Skype

As surely many of you already know, we are living in a somewhat strange moment, most of us confined at home. Fortunately at the same time we live in a time when the Internet is an important part of our lives, so communication applications such as Skype can be very helpful.

This is especially evident when, for one reason or another, we are forced to stay away from friends and family . This is the case, as we tell you, in which many of us find ourselves in these moments. Due to the pandemic that devastates much of the world, visits and trips have had to be largely canceled. But that does not mean that we do not have the possibility to speak with our loved ones, friends, family, etc.

But not this, but also the Internet and the applications and platforms that use it, allow us to work or study online. This is something that just a few years ago was unthinkable, but thanks to current connections , it is a reality. In this way, this quarantine period that we have had to live through, we can pass in a somewhat more bearable way thanks to technology.

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Use Skype to communicate with other users

And with this we not only mean communicating with others, but also the Internet will allow us to play, visit and inform ourselves on pages like ITIGIC , or watch video-on-demand platforms to hang out. But with everything and with it, now we are going to focus on using Skype to talk and share things with friends and family. And it is that communication via video or voice through the Internet is a way to compensate for the sadness of the confinement.

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There are many applications and platforms that allow us to do this type of communication, Skype between them. In fact, this is one of the most popular apps of that type in the world, owned by the software giant, Microsoft. This can be found, for example, in the official store of the Windows 10 operating system, in the Microsoft Store . Therefore, to achieve what we discussed to communicate these days, the first thing we do is open the Skype application.

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How to share screen in communication

Now, either to solve a problem that we have on the PC, to show a video or a presentation, we can use the screen sharing function with this program. Therefore for all this, the first thing will be to start a video call or a voice call with one of our contacts. This is something we achieve through the shortcut located at the top right of the main interface of the program. It is evident that we can do this with the contacts that we already have added to the communication platform as such, or adding new ones.

Once we have opened the communication channel, either with image or voice, in the lower right corner of the Skype window, we find what we are looking for. So we just have to click on the icon with two overlapping squares that we are going to find in that position to share the PC screen .

Compartir pantalla Skype

Then a new window will appear on the screen that will show us a preview of what the shared screen that we are carrying out now will be like. In fact, in the event that we have a virtual screen or desktop , we can select the one that we want to share in this case. So, after seeing the preview, when we are ready we will click on the button Share screen and sounds.

Compartir pantalla Skype

As we can see, the process is extremely simple to carry out. At the same time we must bear in mind that we will be able to do this from the corresponding Skype mobile application for Android or iOS . However in this case we achieve it from the three-point icon where we will see an icon to share the screen. What we are sure of is that this program, along with others such as WhatsApp, for example, are making us endure this quarantine a little better. At the same time it allows us to solve problems that we have on the computer through the Internet with what we have taught you.