Apple Remote Desktop 2.2 - Manual (Page 99)

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• Adjust the screen color depth from black and white to millions of colors.
Shortcuts in the Multiple Screen Observe Window
You can access several Apple Remote Desktop commands using icons in the observe
window. You can access the Copy Items command and the Text Chat command using
the buttons in the observe window toolbar. You can also perform ARD tasks on any
computer by selecting its screen and choosing a task from the Remote Desktop menus.
Observing a Single Computer
When you observe a single computer, the observed screen appears in a window on
your administrator computer. If a screen saver is active when you observe the screen,
the screen saver remains in effect. The observe window contains a Share Control
button to switch to controlling the screen.
These instructions assume the observed computer has Apple Remote Desktop installed
and configured properly (see “Installing the Client Software on Mac OS X 10.2 for the
First Time” on page 28) and the computer has been added to an ARD computer list (see
“About ARD Computer Lists” on page 57).
To observe a single computer:
1 Select a computer list.
2 Select a computer in the Remote Desktop window.
3 Choose Interact > Observe.
If the observed computer’s screen is larger than the observe window, the screen will
scroll as the pointer approaches the edge of the window.
4 To switch between observing at actual size and fitting to the window, click the Fit to
Window button.
If you are observing clients, you can double-click an observed screen to switch to
controlling that client.
Observing Multiple Computers
When you observe multiple client computers, each client screen is scaled down, so that
several computers can be viewed at the same time. You can set the number of client
screens that appear at any one time. See “Setting Preferences for the Remote Desktop
Application” on page 47 for more information.
If a client is asleep or has a screen saver in effect when you start observing, the screen
saver is not dismissed.