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Screen Sharing - add an "actual size" button to show the presenter's desktop resolution

It is difficult for viewers with poor vision to see desktops that are shared. HDMeeting and other videoconferencing apps have a UI element to show the 'actual size' of the display resolution.

Users can use the zoom button to enhance the Teams call controls, but not the shared screen.

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  • l.v commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Skype allows this. So should Teams. This is a basic feature, it is not possible to work on remote code without it.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The lack of this feature makes me avoid Teams for meetings whenever I can. My eyes get destroyed by the unreadable content of shared screens.

    See the screenshot where the sharp text is my local menu and the blurry content is the shared content. The shared monitor has the same resolution as my monitor, and I use full screen for a 1:1 mapping.

    With Skype (Actual Size button) this was pixel perfect and a joy to use. The transition from Skype to Teams was like going from heaven to **** for my eyes.

    Please fix this, it is really unprofessional to lose such a critical feature on a forced transiton from one solution to another.

  • Paul Shainian commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Since a lot of our company is now working remote this would be very beneficial since we have a plethora of Teams meetings daily.

  • Fred commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The lack of this feature makes me avoid Teams for meetings whenever I can. My eyes get destroyed by the unreadable content of shared screens.

    See the screenshot where the sharp text is my local menu and the blurry content is the shared content. The shared monitor has the same resolution as my monitor, and I use full screen for a 1:1 mapping.

    With Skype (Actual Size button) this was pixel perfect and a joy to use. The transition from Skype to Teams was like going from heaven to **** for my eyes.

    Please fix this, it is really unprofessional to lose such a critical feature on a forced transiton from one solution to another.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is a big problem. I'm a software developer and during this corona time we regularly have long screensharing sessions to review each others code. It is a disaster in teams due to lack of the actual size button. It is impossible to look at that for longer than 10 minutes. Microsoft, Please Add This Button and Function!!!!! It is a piece of cake to do so and is a life saver for your fellow developers!!!!!!!

  • Mario commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes, I can’t believe this is yet another function of Skype that is NOT available in Teams. Please add this into Teams so it can have proper functionality!!!

  • Kerstin commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is the reason why I am trying to avoid Teams for meetings, since I really cannot read the screen share. Others seem to have less problems, but I feel like being blind or close to it.

  • Brian Wilcox commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I can't believe this basic feature is STILL missing from Teams. It's not like it wasn't a feature offered on Teams' predecessor Skype for Business. With Skype for Business it is a life-saver for screen sharing and remote sessions; but the continuing absence of such a basic feature from Teams makes one wonder how Microsoft can claim Teams is the eventual replacement for Skype for Business. It's a shame since Teams is functionality better than Skype for Business but it's still not feature equivalent.

    OK, did some more research and it seems there is a way to make the shared screen bigger in your Teams view though there's no button or control to do this in the Teams' interface itself. To zoom in on the shared screen, hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard and scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in and out; this will zoom the shared window and not the Teams interface itself. Once zoomed, hold the left-mouse button down and move the mouse around to scroll up, down, left and right.

  • Ernesto Sifuentes commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I want to add that using ZoomText will also remain blurry. This sounds like a good idea but how will it work with ZoomText or the Windows Magnifier.

  • Nathan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This probably needs to be added. Especially since users may adjust their own resolution and while presenting their resolutions may make it impossible for viewers to see all screen material.

  • Fred Larsen commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    When sharing a screen in Teams, it is always blurry. Very annoying.

    In Skype it is the same, but when pressing the Actual Size button there it becomes sharp. Magic!

    Please add the Actual Size button to Teams.

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