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# Learn The Basics
### Quick Start Basics
1. If you haven't already, [Create your account](https://spreo.io/setup). Each account starts with a 30-day free trial so you can try Spreo in multiple meetings before you select a paid plan.
2. [Invite your team](/dashboard/teams-and-members.md#inviting-new-members) to your account.
3. [Create a board](/boards/creating-a-board.md) using one of the pre-set templates, or start with a blank board.
4. Collaborate: [Invite others](/boards/share-your-board.md) to your board by simply sharing the board url with them.
5. Enter [Meeting Mode](/boards/design-and-meeting-mode.md) to enable private writing and other meeting tools.
### Dashboard Basics
The Dashboard is where your boards are stored. From here you can:
* Create a new board
* Open, clone, delete previous boards
* Manage boards with folders
* Invite team members
* Manage admin settings
* Change your personal preferences
* Access help and tutorials
For more detail take a look at our [Dashboard guides](/dashboard/introduction-to-the-dashboard.md)
### Board Basics
#### Creating your first board
You can create a board using one of Spreo's pre-set templates, or start from scratch with a blank board. When you create the board you will start in [Design Mode](/boards/design-and-meeting-mode.md), which gives you the tools to build and edit your board layout.
Everything on your board is editable and can be locked or unlocked.
#### Basic Controls and UI
* Double-click anywhere to create a sticky note and write inside it.
* Zoom in and out with your mouse wheel or trackpad. If this is not working as you expect, change your Mouse settings in the Preferences (top right).
* Move around the board by clicking and holding the left mouse button down, to pan around the screen. Or you can hold the spacebar and click and drag to pan around.
* Use the left toolbar to create objects - sticky notes, index cards, topics, voting, reaction tool, marker pen, tokens, and more. Have a look at the [Toolbar](/boards/the-tools.md) guide for more info.
* Use the "Gestures" (Lightning bolt icon) tools at the bottom of the left toolbar to present, orient and guide people around the board.
### Share Your Board
Click on 'Share' in top right of the board UI to get your board URL and set access rules. Once people join the board you will see their avatar moving around the board in real-time!
And that's it! You're all set to run your first meeting. We've design Spreo to be extremely intuitive, but read on for more tips on running a meeting.
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