Showing PowerPoint Presentations

Include PowerPoint presentations in your digital signage operation to inform clients and staff.

PowerPoint is a Microsoft program. This tutorial applies to any similar program for creating and designing presentations as well. Take these presentations out from the depth of your computer and bring them to the eyes of your target public.

  1. Open the document on your computer with the slideshow editor. Export the document as PDF or JPG (File > Download as). If you opt for the JPG format, we recommend saving the files in a separate folder to stay organized.
  2. Open your OnSign TV account on the “Content” menu.
  3. Click on the orange "New" button in the top-left corner and select "Upload File" to load your computer's map with the PDF or JPG files. 
    Alternatively, you can simply drag the files from your computer to the OnSign TV platform. (Confer how to upload media files.) If you upload a PDF, you’ll notice a new folder will be created among your folders containing each page of your presentation as an image file.
    upload powerpoint presentation from pdf
  4. Create a new Campaign or Playlist by clicking again on the orange "New" button in the top-left. Alternatively, there is a neat shortcut to create a new Campaign or Playlist. Select all document pages with the mouse. The little white checkbox in the header on the left helps you mark all. Right-click over the selected items and choose "New Campaign" or "New Playlist".
    create new campaign from powerpoint pages
  5. A new pop-up window will prompt on your screen. Name the Campaign and adjust how many seconds each page should last. You can individually adjust the duration later. Finish by confirming with “Create Campaign".
    duration of pages
    In fact, you can create Campaigns with any file format directly from your Content tab. Select all items to be included in the timeline and click on "Create Campaign".
  6. The new page will load the Campaign editor. The items you selected are already placed in the timeline. They will each be displayed for the time you specified in the pop-up prompt and in alphabetic sequence. Therefore, check the order or rename the files if necessary, so they will at once appear in the right order. Now you just need to make few adjustments, such as shorten or expand the duration of each item, for example depending on the amount of text on each slide. You can also add image transitions, change the layout in order to add an app, or adjust the items order.
    powerpoint pages in campaign timeline
  7. Now simply "Save" and "Publish"!

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