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Customizing Display for Video and Content Follow

Overview

You can customize the default screen view on 1, 2, or 3 displays. To customize for multiple monitors, you will need to extend the display on your Mac or Windows Zoom Room.

Prerequisites

Zoom Rooms for Mac Version: 3.5.53011.0603 and higher
Zoom Rooms for PC Version: 3.5.55999.0630 and higher
Zoom Rooms iPad Controller Version: 3.1.52404.0530 and higher

Instructions

There are two steps (if you have 2 or 3 displays) involved with customizing your display for video or content as default. If you have 1 screen skip the first step.

On your iPad, tap Settings > Arrange Display > Assign 1, 2, or 3 to each display based on the order of preference.
On your Zoom Rooms page, go to Display Settings > Click on the blue letter-boxes and select the default option.

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