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JOINING AN

"ADOBE CONNECT"

SESSION

FROM "UBUNTU 13.10" LINUX

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Web location for this

presentation:

http://aztcs.orgClick on

“Meeting Notes”

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SUMMARYYou can use many distros

of Linux to join "Adobe

Connect" Webinars. Here

are the steps for configuring

and joining with FireFox in

"Ubuntu 13.10".

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TOPICS

• No access with FireFox when

"Adobe Flash" is not installed

into Ubuntu Linux

• Adding the "Adobe Flash" player

to Ubuntu Linux

• Joining an Adobe Connect

session from within Ubuntu

Linux.

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NO ACCESS TO "ADOBE CONNECT"

WHEN FLASH IS NOT INSTALLED• "Adobe Connect" only supports the

"Mozilla FireFox" browser in Linux.

• "Adobe Connect" requires "Adobe

Flash" player for the "Mozilla

FireFox" browser.

• Here is what happens when you

attempt to join an "Adobe Connect"

session without first installing

"Adobe Flash":

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WHEN FLASH IS NOT INSTALLED

(continued)

• Step 1:

Double-click on the email message

that provides you with the hyperlink

(URL) for joining the "Adobe

Connect" session:

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(continued)

• Step 2:

The contents of the email message

will be displayed:

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(continued)

• Step 3:

Double-click on the hyperlink (URL)

for joining the "Adobe Connect"

session:

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(continued)

• Step 4:

A login page will be displayed:

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(continued)

• Step 5:

Type in your name:

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(continued)

• Step 6:

Click on the "Enter Room" button:

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(continued)

• Step 7:

The "Adobe Connect" login page

notifies you that "Adobe Connect

requires Flash Player":

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ADDING "ADOBE FLASH" TO

UBUNTU LINUX

• Do not install "Adobe Flash" from

the hyperlink that "Adobe Connect"

gives you (as shown on the

previous page).

• Install "Adobe Flash" from the

"Ubuntu Software Center" instead:

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UBUNTU LINUX (continued)

• Step 1: Close any and all FireFox

windows:

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• Step 2:

Click on the "Search your computer

and online sources" button in the

"Launcher":

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• Step 3:

A Search box will be displayed:

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• Step 4:

Type

software

into the Search box:

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• Step 5:

Press the Enter key on the

keyboard.

• Step 6:

The "Ubuntu Software Center" will

be displayed:

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• Step 7:

Type

flash

into the Search box of the "Ubuntu

Software Center".

• Step 8:

Press the Enter key of the

keyboard:

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• Step 9:

Click on the Install button of "Adobe

Flash plug-in":

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• Step 10:

An Authenticate box will be

displayed:

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• Step 11:

Type in the password for your

Ubuntu profile.

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• Step 12:

Click on the "Authenticate" button:

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• Step 13:

Watch the status indicator of the

installation process:

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• Step 14:

When the installation process is

complete, the click on the red "X"

button in the upper-right corner to

close the "Ubuntu Software Center"

window:

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JOINING AN "ADOBE CONNECT"

SESSION FROM WITHIN UBUNTU LINUX

• Unlike for "Windows.." or Mac OS X

computers, you have to leave

"FireFox" running after you use the

meeting URL to join an "Adobe

Connect" session.

• Here are the steps for attending

"Adobe Connect" sessions from

within Ubuntu Linux:

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SESSION FROM WITHIN UBUNTU LINUX

(continued)

• Step 1:

Double-click on the email message

that provides you with the hyperlink

(URL) for joining the "Adobe

Connect" session:

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SESSION FROM WITHIN UBUNTU

LINUX (continued)

• Step 2:

The contents of the email message

will be displayed:

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LINUX (continued)

• Step 3:

Double-click on the hyperlink (URL)

for joining the "Adobe Connect"

session:

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LINUX (continued)

• Step 4:

A login page will be displayed:

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LINUX (continued)

• Step 5:

Type in your name:

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LINUX (continued)

• Step 6:

Click on the "Enter Room" button:

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