3121/2020 Simple Ways to Join a Zoom Meeting on PC or Mac: 14 Steps
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How to Join a Zoom Meeting on PC or
Mac
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Updated: February 3, 2019 | Tech Tested
This wikiHow teaches you how to join a Zoom conference call or meeting you've been
invited to, using a computer. You can join a Zoom meeting with your internet browser on
PC, Mac or Linux
Method
1 | Joining With an Email Invite
Open the Zoom meeting invitation in your mailbox. You'll receive an
email invitation when you're invited to a Zoom meeting. Find and click the
invitation email in your mailbox.
Click the invitation link in the email. If you have already downloaded
Zoom to your computer, this will automatically connect you to the
meeting. If this is your first time using Zoom, read on to learn how to download
the necessary software to your computer.
* On some invites, you can find the link to join next to "Join from PC, Mac,
Linux, iOS or Android” in the email's body text. This will open the Zoom
website.
3 Click on “download here” if a download doesn't start automatically.
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+ If you're prompted, click Launch Application in the pop-up window. This will
automatically prompt you to download the Zoom launcher to your computer.
+ This will cause the "Zoomuslauncher.zip" file to automatically download onto
your computer.
4 Double click the downloaded file to install Zoom. This will open the
contents of the "zoomuslauncher.zip" file.
* Click Continue, if prompted, to install Zoom.
5 Reopen your email and click on the meeting link again. This should
automatically connect you to the meeting
+ Ifit doesn't, open the Zoom app that you just downloaded, click on Join a
Meeting and enter the meeting link or ID.
+ If the host has not started the meeting yet, you'll see a message stating
"Please wait for the host to start this meeting" at the top.
6 Click the green Join Audio Conference by Computer |button. This button
should automatically appear once you join the meeting. It will connect you to
the meeting with your microphone.
Click the — Start Video_] button on the bottom-left (optional). This button
looks like a video camera icon in the lower-left comer of the meeting
window. It will allow the other participants to view your computer's camera
Method
2 | Using a Meeting ID or Link to Join a Call
Open the Zoom website in your internet browser. Type https://zoom.us
into your browser's address bar, and hit |s Enter] or & Return] on your
keyboard
Click the JOIN A MEETING button on the top-right. You can find it near
the blue SIGN UP, IT'S FREE button in the upper-right corner of the page.
+ If you're signed in, you'll see MY ACCOUNT instead of the sign-up button
here.
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Enter the meeting ID or link into the text field. You can get the meeting ID or
link from the meeting's host.
+ Ifyou have an invitation email, you can also find the meeting ID here
Click the blue (join_] button. This will fnd your meeting from your meeting
ID or link, and connect you here.
+ You'll see a message that says "Launching” on your screen.
+ Ifthe meeting doesn't automatically launch, click the blue click here link,
and then click join from your browser
Enter your display name for the meeting. Click the Your Name field, and
enter a name here. You will connect to the meeting with the name you enter
here.
+ Ifyou're logged in, you may automatically skip this step.
Click the blue [ join } button. This will connect your audio to the meeting,
and open the meeting screen in a new tab. You can now use your
microphone, and start talking with your colleagues in the meeting
7 Click the start Video} button on the bottom-left, This button looks like a
video camera icon in the lower-left comer of your screen. It will turn your
camera on, and allow the other participants to view your video.
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