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Conference calling (Mac)
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You can share a conference call with up to 25 people, anywhere in the world, and if everyone’s on Skype it’s completely free.
If you’re calling people who are on a phone or mobile,
you’ll need a little Skype
Credit or a subscription.
To call a new group
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In Skype, from the menu bar, click File > New Conversation….
A new Untitled conversation appears.
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Click the Add Participant button and then select the contacts you wish to add to the conference call. To find people easily, start typing their name into the Add people to the conversation box.
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Repeat this for each of the contacts you wish to add to the conference call, and then click Add.
You can add up to 24 contacts.
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Click the green call button.
The screen changes colour, a call bar appears at the top of the screen and you will hear ringing until the first person answers.
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If you can't hear each other, you may need to check
your call settings.
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To drop individual people from the call, move your mouse over the person’s image, click their name and select Hang Up. You’ll only be able to do this if you are the host of the conference call.
To end the call completely, click the red End Call button.
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The group is saved to the sidebar so you can call it again. If you want to rename the group, double-click the list of participants, then type a name for the group and press Enter.
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To call a saved group
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In the sidebar, find the group you want to call (you can use the Search box and type in a participant’s name if you have lots of contacts) and click it.
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Click the green call button.
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Useful things you can do on a call
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Add more people to the conference call.
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Send files or send contacts
to the people on the call.
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Mute your microphone.
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Adjust your volume.
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Put the call on hold.
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If you have fewer than 10 participants on the conference
call, turn on your camera to make this a group
video call. At least one of the people on the call
must have Skype Premium
(for personal accounts) or a group
video subscription (for business accounts).
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