# Start a meeting

Note: This feature is available in Linux and Solaris.
From Reader, you can start a meeting to share your desktop and review PDF documents. Adobe Acrobat Connect is a personal web-conference tool that you can access from Reader to conduct real-time meetings on your desktop. Attendees join the meeting by logging into a web-based meeting space from their own computers.
You must have an Acrobat Connect account to start and attend meetings. You can subscribe or set up a trial account by clicking the Start Meeting button in Reader to get started.
Note: Acrobat Connect is not available in all languages.

1. To start a meeting, do one of the following:

   - Click the Start Meeting button.

   - Choose File > Start Meeting.

2. In the dialog box that appears, do one of the following:
   - If you have an account, click Log In. Type the Meeting URL, login, and password for your Acrobat Connect account, and then click Log In. Your Acrobat Connect account uses your Adobe ID (your email address) for your login.
     Note: You can also use Meeting URLs for Macromedia Breeze® and Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro accounts. These accounts require a login that is different than your Adobe ID.

   - If you don’t have an account, click Create Trial Account, and follow the on-screen directions.

3. Do one of the following:

   - To invite participants to a meeting, click Send An E-mail Invitation, type the email addresses of those you want to invite, and then click Send.

   - To share the document that’s displayed on your screen, click Share My Screen.

   As participants join the meeting, their names appear in the Attendee List.

4. Do any of the following:

   - Type a message in the Chat pod, select who to send the message to, and click the Send Message button.

   - Take notes in the Notes pod and send them out after the meeting.

   - If you want another attendee to share his or her desktop, select that person’s name in the Attendee List, click the Set User Role button, and choose Set As Presenter.