Net Meeting Tutorial provides all the necessary information on Net Meeting, which is a real time conferencing tool using Internet. Chat, file transfer, whiteboard, video and audio conferencing, program sharing, remote desktop sharing and advance calling are some of the important features. Pentium processor of 90 MHz or higher, 16 MB RAM, Internet Explorer 4.01 or later, 28,800 bps or faster modem, sound and video card and PC camera are the minimum requirements.

Net Meeting can be downloaded from Microsoft site or from other providers. Windows XP and 2000 has Net Meeting along with it. Once you download, the first screen gives introduction and the next screen asks for relevant personal information. The next dialog box allows you to enter directory server. The next few dialog boxes allow you to adapt your PC for the software requirements and checks your video and audio cards and other settings.

Once Net Meeting is installed you can call a person if the person is online. To place a call, click the telephone button. To know whether a contact is in the same directory; type the person's e-mail address. If your contact is in the same directory, the person will be listed in the directory. Once the contact is in the same directory, you can invite the person for chat. For this you need to click the chat button and can send messages from the dialog box. When you click chat, audio conferencing facility will automatically start to function if the necessary equipments are in place. If you have camera, click star video button to transfer images. The audio and screen size can be adjusted. Through "options" under "tools," you can adjust the other settings. By clicking "source" button, you can adjust camera settings. Using whiteboard, you can draw lines, add color, edit text and save for future sessions.

To share an application all the users needs a copy of the application program installed. Click "sharing" and pop-up window will show the files in use and you can select the file for sharing. For file transfer, after clicking on "file transfer," you will get a pop-up with "add files" option. You can select the files you want to transfer and can send to any number of contacts.