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Show your Google Slides presentations on your screens with Play Digital Signage. You have two options: embed the presentation with the Website plugin, or export it as a PowerPoint (.pptx) file and upload it to your Play Digital Signage library. Choose the method that suits your workflow.
Get Started
To add Google Slides to your content, follow these steps.
Live playback
Live playback is the recommended method, as it keeps the presentation’s animations and slide transitions. Also, when you edit the slides, the changes show on your screens automatically.
Please note: there are two methods, and which one works depends on the media player you use.
- LINK for Web Preview / Samsung Tizen / LG webOS
- EMBED for Chrome / Windows / Mac / Linux (Raspberry Pi) / Android (Amazon Fire TV)
LINK Method
- Select File > Share > Publish to web
- Select an Auto-advance slides duration
- Checkmark both Start Slideshow as … and Restart the slideshow af …
- Click Publish
- Copy the URL in the box
- Open your playlist at my.playsignage.com, add the Website plugin to a slide, and paste your URL into the website address field.
EMBED Method
- Select File > Share > Publish to web
- Select Slide Size
- Select an Auto-advance slides duration
- Checkmark both Start Slideshow as … and Restart the slideshow af …
- Click Publish
- Copy the URL in the box (ONLY what you have between the first and the second quotation mark, example: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/naV2EjvQvqVdYLik9l/pubembed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000)
- Open your playlist at my.playsignage.com, add the Website plugin to a slide, and paste your URL into the website address field.
Local playback
Local playback is the better choice if you want to maintain the presentation in our built-in editor. Keep in mind that once imported into your library, each slide is converted to an image, so you can’t edit the text after importing.
- Export the presentation as a PowerPoint .pptx file (File > Download > Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx))
- Upload the .pptx file to your library
- Open your playlist in my.playsignage.com
- Click Assets
- Hover over one of the files and tick the small checkbox. You are now in multi-select mode and can select more slides, in order, by ticking their checkboxes.
- Select the option Create slide per asset
- Set a duration and a transition for all slides and click Create slides.
Learn more about Multi Create.
Options
Alignment and Cropping
- Fit to canvas - Maximize the image to fit the canvas
- Align Left - Align the image to the left
- Align Center - Align the image to the center
- Align Right - Align the image to the right
- Align Top - Align the image to the top
- Align Center - Align the image to the center
- Align Bottom - Align the image to the bottom
- Locking Objects - Lock images
Website
If the website is hosted on a server, use the “Website” option and paste the URL.
HTML code
If you have an HTML code snippet, paste it into the code pop-up. Where to find widgets?
Pre-load website
The player starts loading the plugin 15 seconds before it is displayed, so the website has already loaded when the slide is shown. If the website you want to display has some load animation or video set to autoplay, you can disable this option so that the animation does not run while the plugin is pre-loading.
Enable scrolling
By default, scrolling is disabled so that the scroll bar is not visible. If you want users to interact with the site, you can enable scrolling.
Refresh periodically
The website is refreshed every time the slide is shown, but you can set a refresh interval to refresh it more often.
Refresh Interval Seconds
Set how many seconds between refreshes
Zoom
Depending on how the website is built, it may render differently on certain devices. By adjusting the zoom, you can make the page fit better.
Positioning
Manually adjust the placement of the plugin pixel by pixel.
Sizing
Manually adjust the size of the plugin pixel by pixel
Add Script
This is where you add and edit your scripts. Learn more about website scripting.
FAQ
Can I embed an Office 365 online PowerPoint?
Yes. Microsoft 365 (Office 365) presentations can also be embedded with the Website plugin. Go to File > Share > Embed and click Generate in the window that opens. Select the size you want and copy the generated HTML code. In the Website plugin, select HTML Code, click Add HTML and paste the code.
How do I hide the Google Slides toolbar?
When you paste the Google Slides link, the editor shows an extra toggle that hides the toolbar.
