iChat Makes Document Sharing A Piece of Cake

Another great improvement by Apple:

Leopard's new and improved iChat boasts two features that are sure to enhance both workplace productivity and friends and family tech support: screen sharing and document sharing. In a nutshell, iChat now makes it dead simple to review documents with one or multiple chat partners in what it calls iChat theater (pictured) or share screens—either your screen or the screen of the person you're chatting with—VNC-style. That means that not only can you see what's going on with the other person's screen; you can also control it.

To share a file, go to the menu bar and hit File -> Share a File with iChat Theater. Once you choose the file to share, you'll see an iChat window like the one above with your document as the focus and your contact floating next to it. If you're sharing the file, you'll also get a quick preview look at the file from which you control where you're viewing the document. As far as I could tell, the person sharing the file is always in charge of what the viewers are seeing from the document. iChat Theater seems like an excellent way to remotely collaborate on a document that needs reviewed or needs changes approved.

Apple's new operating system continues to impress!