System and method for enabling electronic presentations

摘要

A system and method is provided for enabling collaborative electronic presentations and annotation of graphic information. The method includes the operation of taking a snapshot of an active application. A snapshot can be initiated by a user accessible snapshot control. The snapshot of the active application can be transferred to the electronic whiteboard in response to activation of the snapshot control. A further operation is storing the snapshot in a whiteboard sheet of the electronic whiteboard. Each loaded snapshot may be stored in a separate whiteboard sheet in order to provide a plurality of whiteboard sheets. Another operation can be enabling graphical annotation of the plurality of whiteboard sheets in the whiteboard annotation area by the user.