MeToShow is a free web presentation service. The web service lets you show relevant information instantly to your clients and colleagues so that they could visualize your ideas over a phone conversation. Without the hassle of installation and training, MeToShow is ready-to-use for online web meeting, online web conferencing, online web collaboration, online web training and distance learning.

Most importantly, MeToShow helps facilitate a phone conversation by letting you present information (diagrams, charts, images, figures, text, etc) instantly on the audience's screen. The process is as simple as a few clicks on the screen and requires no software installation for both the host and audience. With MeToShow, your audience can visualize your ideas and achieve a better understanding akin to a face-to-face meeting.

In summary, MeToShow can help you achieve:

• Live web interactive meetings
• Online web seminars
• Distance training
• Online customer service
• Online technical support
• Live presentations
  
• Online marketing events

You choose MeToShow, because

It improves communication. MeToShow contains user-friendly tools, including real time graphics and graphs presentation, which enable you and your clients to contact 'face-to-face' interactively and productively at ease.

It saves time and travel expenses. With MeToShow you are able to have meetings with your clients from the rest of the world in your local office. Time and cost are saved in making appointments.

It maximizes profit. MeToShow saves cost on traditional software installation, authorization and maintenance, providing your corporation with the maximum profit return.

It is user-friendly. No training is needed to master MeToShow. All you need to do is to register as a MeToShow user, login to the MeToShow web page, and you can enjoy a quality Internet meeting.

It is secure. All information in MeToShow meetings is protected and encrypted. For every meeting, a random ID is generated by MeToShow, ensuring that only your target audience can participate in your meeting.

MeToShow is a web service that does not require any software installation for both the host and the client. Users will only require an Internet connection and an Internet Explorer browser which is usually bundled with your Operating System. This also means that a user can use MeToShow even in Internet Café where installing third-party software is usually prohibited.

MeToShow is designed to be a user-friendly online web service. In normal cases, no training is required for an average user who has basic knowledge in Internet browsing and computer application knowledge equivalent to a conventional Notepad or MS paint user.

MeToShow offers 3 editions to meet different business needs. These are MeToShow Free Edition, Personal Edition and Corporate Edition.

• MeToShow Free Edition lets you start free, and use the service free, forever. All registration starts with this fully functional account where users can host meetings and enjoy all commonly used functions for free. There is no trial period and your account stays with you as long as you want.
  
  
• MeToShow Personal Edition lets you personalize your meeting room with a fixed room name of your own so clients can access your meetings with an easily memorable room name. What's more, the personal edition expands your meeting room, allowing more people to join your meeting. It also allows you to store more documents in your personal folder. There are other enhancements are available to make your meeting even better.
  
  
• MeToShow Corporate Edition allows all features of the personal edition with a boost of speed, convenience and identity. As a corporate edition user, you will have the option to have our MeToShow installed at your company. All the installation, maintenance, account management and updates will be administered by our technical experts remotely so you don't have to put extra resource into it. The remote server will not only make MeToShow much faster for your internal uses; it will also allow you to host the MeToShow service with your own URL, further strengthening your corporate identity with simplicity, convenience and agility.

MeToShow Internet meeting service is free. Sign up for the Free Edition and you are entitled to the free service for your whole life. Meanwhile, we also offer paid editions with enhanced features and customization to better fit your business' needs. You can check out the product subscription plan at MeToShow website or contact us via support@metoshow.com.

Yes, you can buy and sign up for MeToShow Personal Edition at MeToShow website. On the MeToShow homepage, click Buy Personal Edition and follow the instruction to complete the payment. Besides, existing users of MeToShow Free Edition can also upgrade to the Personal Edition any time in User Profile.

MeToShow is a service provided by Axisoft. Axisoft specializes in providing different collaboration products in different aspects. Apart from the MeToShow Internet meeting service, another proud product of Axisoft is the document management system, SQUARE.

Please contact us by calling our hotline +852 8199 8686 (HK) or +86 756 388 9797 (China).

Joining a MeToShow meeting from the website is easy and just takes a few steps:
1) Visit https://www.metoshow.com.
2) Find your ticket number on the top of browser and submit it to your meeting host. Once your ticket number is added on the invitation list, you can join the meeting directly.
3) Alternatively, you can specify a MeToShow room. At Room Name, enter the room name provided by the meeting host.
4) At Login Name, enter your name or leave the field blank.
5) Click 'JOIN MEETING' to enter. If your name is already on the Host's audience list, you can enter the meeting room directly. If you are not on the invitation list, or if you want to remain anonymous, you need to wait for the host's approval before entering the meeting room.

There are alternative ways for you to join in the meeting as well. You can receive and accept the meeting invitation through email. If you have Skype installed on the computer, you may join the meeting via Skype call. You can find more information of joining MeToShow meetings in our User Guide here.

MeToShow requires very little network and system resources. Therefore it can run smoothly on any PC under various network conditions. Currently, MeToShow supports only Internet Explorer and the minimum system requirement is as follows:

Software:

• Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 98; Windows ME; Windows NT; Windows XP, Windows Vista
• IE5.5 with SP2 or above
• Skype 3.6 or above (Optional)
• Flash player 7.0 or above (Optional)

• 486/66 MHz processor (Pentium processor recommended)
• 32 MB of RAM minimum (512 MB recommended)
• 12.0 MB of HDD minimum (200MB recommended)
• Display resolution : 1024 x 768 @ High color

You do not need a MeToShow account when you attend the meeting as an audience. All that you need is an IE browser and Internet connection.

A 'Host' in MeToShow is the host of the online meeting. The Host can start a MeToShow meeting, upload files to the network and invite clients to the meeting. An 'Audience' is invited by the 'Host' to a particular MeToShow meeting. Both the 'Host' and 'Audience' can use the built-in tools to aid their presentation.

After registering as a MeToShow host, you can start a MeToShow meeting by logging in to MeToShow.
1) Visit https://www.metoshow.com.
2) Enter your account information in the field 'Registered Email' and 'Password'.
3) Click 'HOST MEETING'.

You can sign up to create a MeToShow account online.
1) Please visit MeToShow website https://www.metoshow.com and click 'Sign up Free Edition'. Fill in the online registration form and click 'Submit'.
2) After successful application, you will receive an email from MeToShow, titled 'Please activate your MeToShow account'.
3) Open your email inbox registered in MeToShow, complete the registration by clicking on the link shown in the email.

If you can't remember your password, you can click 'Forget your password' to recover it. On the following page, enter your registered email and click 'Submit'. The new password will be sent to your mail box immediately.

'Remember me' memorizes your registered email address and password on your computer. Check the 'Remember me on this computer' box and you don't have to retype the same information next time when you wish to hold a new MeToShow meeting. To protect your personal information, keep the box unchecked if you are using a public computer.

The number of audience you can invite depends on the MeToShow edition you are using.

• MeToShow Free Edition allows you to invite 2 people simultaneously in a meeting session.
• MeToShow Personal Edition and Corporate Edition allow you to invite up to 20 people in a meeting.

You can check your audience's connection status by the signal light on the audience list.

• If the signal light is grey, it means that the user is offline and not connected.
• If the signal light is green, it means that the user is online and is connected.
• If the signal light is yellow, it means that the user or the audience is uploading files to the system or is changing the presentation page.

You are entitled to a Personal Document Folder when you create a MeToShow account. You can preload files to the Personal Document Folder and retrieve them any time during the meeting. Depending on the edition you use, there is storage difference of Personal Document Folder.

• MeToShow Free Edition allows users to store 100 documents no larger than 40MB in the Personal Document Folder.
• MeToShow Personal Edition and Corporate Edition allow users to have 400MB storage in the Personal Document Folder without limit on the document quantity.

If you have more than one MeToShow account, you may host multiple meetings simultaneously with different ones of them. However, a MeToShow meeting is unique to you and your audience, one registered email supports only one meeting each time. If you want to host the meeting on another computer, you need to log out the current meeting. Then log in your MeToShow account on another computer.

If you close the browser window without logging out, your meeting session will stay available until 30 minutes. You can log in within this time frame to resume the meeting without losing any unsaved data.

You can upload various types of files to MeToShow, including:

• MS Word 2007 and earlier versions
• MS Excel 2007 and earlier versions
• MS PowerPoint 2007 and earlier versions
• PDF
• TIF, TIFF
• JPG, JPEG
• PNG
• GIF
• BMP

We provide you with some navigation tips that make the conferencing experience easier. The tips show some keyboard shortcuts and remind you of some MeToShow functions that you may have overlooked.

Yes, you can, but the animation will become static graphics.

We continuously work hard to ensure that your data and information are secure in MeToShow.

• MeToShow data is stored securely in the data centres.
• Each online meeting has a unique and random 32-digit ID, ensuring only the invited audiences are authorized to the meeting.
• Meeting communication is secured with SSL encryption enabled.

You can rest assured that only you and the authorized audience can access the presentation materials. When a user or an anonymous not on the host's audience list is trying to enter the meeting, MeToShow will notify the host. The host can decide whether to permit or reject the audience to enter the meeting.

Absolutely no. MeToShow does not incorporate any software nor install them to the computers of all involved parties.

Delay is sometimes inevitable on the Internet. Depending on your audience's network connection and his/her physical location from the host, delay is rare but possible. Please wait or hit the refresh button when the problem occurs. If the problem persists, ask the audience to re-login to the meeting room.

JavaScript errors can be caused by certain browser settings. To resolve this problem, you can follow the steps below to reset Internet Explorer security:
1. Click the 'Tools' menu at the top of IE browser and select 'Internet Options'.
2. Click the 'Security' tab.
3. Click 'Custom level' and ensure following items under 'ActiveX controls and plug-ins' are set to 'Enable':

• Allow Scriptlets;
• Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls;
• Binary and script behaviours.
• Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting;
• Run ActiveX controls and Plug-ins;
• Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting.

• Active scripting;
• Allow paste operations via script;
• Scripting of Java applets.

To use Skype in the MeToShow meeting, you may need to install Skype ActiveX control on IE browser. Follow steps below to turn it on:

1. When you use Skype in a MeToShow meeting for the first time, you'll be prompted to run 'SkypeAPI Com Wrapper'. Click 'Run' to continue.
2. On the pop-up dialog box, check 'Allow this site to use Skype account services' then click 'OK'.
3. Continue to check 'Allow this site to use Skype messaging services' then click 'OK'.
4. Keep checking 'Allow this site to use Skype voice services' then click 'OK'.
5. When prompted whether to allow Internet Explorer to use Skype, check the option 'Allow this program to use Skype' and click 'OK'.

If your Internet Explorer blocks cookies from MeToShow website, please follow steps below to turn it on:

1. Click the 'Tools' menu at the top of IE browser and select 'Internet Options'.
2. Click the 'Privacy' tab.
3. Click 'Sites'. Add MeToShow website to the list and click 'Allow'.
4. Click 'OK' to save your changes.

After you enter your login information on MeToShow website, you get an error message saying that your account is in use and the logging has failed. In this case, you may try any of the following solutions.

• Wait at least 10 seconds before retry. Normally, MeToShow server requires 10 seconds between host log-ins. If you have just logged out the system, do wait at least 10 seconds before re-login.
• Close any active meeting window and retry. For MeToShow hosts, the meeting service is provided on a one account, one active meeting basis. You will fail to log in if you try to access the same meeting from multiple browser windows simultaneously.

Your audience has failed to join the meeting from MeToShow website. You may check which logging problem they have met.

• Your audience get an error message telling that the room they request does not exist. You may check and confirm that they have received the correct room name. Ask your audience to re-login after confirmation.
• Your audience gets an error message telling that the meeting URL has been used. This problem could be caused by name conflict or obsolete audience status in the meeting. To resolve name conflict, you may ask your audience to re-login with a different display name. If the problem is caused by obsolete audience status, you may resolve it by re-inviting the audience.
• Your audience gets an error message telling that the meeting room is full. In this case, please check if your meeting has reached the maximum audience number. With MeToShow Free Edition, you can invite at most 10 people. With MeToShow Personal or Corporate Edition, you can have up to 20 people in a meeting simultaneously. To resolve this logging problem caused by audience number limitation, you may remove inactive users or upgrade to Personal Edition.

If you get an error message that your uploaded file has failed to convert, please check if your problem is caused by any of the following:

• Uploaded file type is not supported. MeToShow now supports DOC/DOCX, XLS/XLSX, PPT/PPTX, PDF, TIF/TIFF, JPG/JPEG, PNG, BMP and GIF.
• Uploaded file exceeds 10MB.
• Uploaded file is protected with password or encrypted.
• Uploaded file contains too many pages.

MeToShow is well tested to work with all Internet Explorer versions, including Internet Explorer 8. However, Internet Explorer 8 has utilized Web standards that are different with earlier browser versions. If your MeToShow pages look fine in older browsers but display differently in Internet Explorer 8, try the following method to resolve the issue. Click the Compatibility View icon located beside the address bar. Or, click Compatibility View on the Tools menu.

If 'Remember me' option doesn't work on your computer, please follow steps below to verify your Internet Explorer settings:

1. Click the 'Tools' menu at the top of IE browser and select 'Internet Options'.
2. Click the 'Privacy' tab.
3. Click 'Advanced'.
4. Enable 'Override automatic cookie handling'. Choose 'Accept' for both first-party and third-party cookies.
5. Click 'OK' to save your changes.