Documents

For supported file formats, see Supported Media Formats

PowerPoint

PowerPoint is very useful to create content that you can use on your screens. Designed specifically for screen presentations, it is very easy to use for both portrait and landscape oriented content.

When uploading a PowerPoint document to Smartsign, it will be automatically converted to images to ensure consistent display across different screens. Slide durations set in the presentation will be used as well.

Word

Word can be useful to publish newsletters or flyers on your screens. All pages in your Word document will be converted to images in Smartsign so you can adjust duration for each of them.

Word documents are generally recommended for portrait screens and it is recommended to check font sizes to make sure it is clearly visible on your screens.

Excel

Excel can be used to show statistics, schedules or other useful data on your screens. As a Excel document can become very big with a lot of cells and columns, it is important that you make sure that the information is readable on your screens. A good way to visualize data from Excel is to use PowerBI and show a dashboard or report with the PowerBI widget.

PDF

PDF's are useful in both in print and signage since they embed fonts, ensuring consistent rendering and display across different environments. Each page will be rendered as a separate image, allowing you to adjust duration for each.

We recommend using PDF's intended for display on screen and not PDF's intended for print. This is because print PDF's have very high resolution in comparison and it is simply wasted on screen.