Interacting with content on the workspace
When sketchboards, files, sticky notes, web browsers, and text are on a workspace, you show or hide their side menu and interact with them in the following ways.
- Prysm for rooms users
- Prysm for web users
- Prysm for desktop users
- Prysm for iPhone users
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- Tap or click a workspace item to select it.
- When you've selected the item, you can do the following:
- See and interact with its side menu. Side menu options differ slightly based on the type of workspace item.
- Touch and drag (with your finger or a mouse) to scroll through long web sites.
- Touch and drag (with your finger or a mouse), or tap or click the Next and Previous arrows to change pages on multi-page files.
- You can't move the item on the workspace.
Note: If another participant has selected the item, it is outlined in red and you can't move it.
- See and interact with its side menu. Side menu options differ slightly based on the type of workspace item.
- To deselect, tap or click outside the item or tap Deselect on its side menu.
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From Prysm for web, add files, tools, and people using the Navigation Menu on the left side of the screen. The Navigation Menu options include:
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Home - Opens the project list |
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Project - Add, edit, and reorder workspaces |
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Files - Add files to your project or the active workspace |
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Tools - Add text, notes, sketchboard, or co-browser to a workspace, or take a workspace snapshot |
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People - Enable Guest Mode and Follow Me and invite people to collaborate in the project |
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User icon - Options to return to the Home page, change password, and sign out |
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Using side menus, you can add annotations to images, type on sticky notes, share workspace items by email, and more. To display the side menu for a workspace item, select the item by tapping it with a finger or a mouse.
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Preview - Zoom the workspace item to fill screen (Prysm for Web and Prysm for Desktop only) |
Share - Email snapshot of the workspace item | |
Snapshot - Save screenshot of workspace item to files | |
Type - Add text by typing on sticky notes | |
Annotate - Add notes or markups to the workspace item | |
Color - Change background color of sticky notes | |
Bring to Front - Keep the workspace item in front so that it doesn't get hidden | |
Deselect - Deselect the workspace item to move and resize | |
Remove - Remove the item from workspace |
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In Prysm for web and desktop, when you view a workspace that is configured for a larger display, you see a minimap in the lower right corner.
Click and drag on the minimap to scroll to the edges of the workspace that are currently out of view.
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In Prysm for rooms, the Touch Menu includes the content and features that you can use in workspaces. From the Touch Menu, you can access project files, launch a web browser, use a sketchboard, add live sources, add notes and text, and exit a project.
- To open the Touch Menu, follow one of these steps:
- Touch a hexagon or the text label to open a workspace item or a sub-menu.
- Touch or click the center hexagon to close the Touch Menu.
The following image shows all the Touch Menu levels as a map so that you can see where each sub-level hexagon connects to other menu options.
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In Prysm for rooms only, an on-screen keyboard enables you to type on workspace items such as Sticky Notes and web browsers.
To open the keyboard, select a workspace item that supports typing, including:
To display the keyboard:
- From the side menu, select Keyboard.
- From the side menu, select Typing Off and touch into an area in which you can type, such as a field, search bar, Sticky Note, or Whiteboard.
You can display multiple Prysm keyboards at the same time, but each keyboard is tied to the workspace item it is created for; a keyboard created for a whiteboard can't be moved and used for a web browser.
To move the keyboard:
- Touch and hold the keyboard (outside the key area) and drag it.
To resize the keyboard:
Keyboard Features
Name | Button | Description |
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@ symbol |
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Adds an @ symbol (more conveniently than using Shift-2) |
email address |
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Inserts your email address |
select |
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Selects all text in the workspace item |
cut |
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Cuts all selected text in the workspace item |
copy |
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Copies all selected text in the workspace item |
paste |
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Pastes copied text into the workspace item |
close keyboard |
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Closes the keyboard |