About
Show PDF files on your screens. Upload a PDF to your Library and each page becomes an image. For a PDF that changes often, link to it instead with the Website plugin, so your screens always show the latest version.
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Upload a PDF to your Library
- Upload the PDF to your Library, up to 50 pages
- Each page becomes an image. Add them to slides, or make all slides at once with Multi Create
Show a PDF from a link (Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome)
- Paste the PDF’s address into the Website plugin
These players have a built-in PDF reader. On the Chrome extension, add options to the end of the address: #page=2 opens page 2, #view=fith fits the width (fitv the height), #zoom=150 zooms to 150%. Combine them with &, like https://example.com/file.pdf#page=2&view=fith.
Show a PDF from a link (Android, Tizen and others)
- Put the PDF’s address after
https://widgets.playsignage.com/widgets/pdfreader?file= - Check that it opens in your browser, like this example
- Add
&page=2or&zoom=130to choose the page and zoom - Paste it into the Website plugin
Options
It’s shown with the Website plugin, so you have its settings.
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Website plugin options | The same as the Website plugin: see Website options |
FAQ
Which players can show a PDF from a link directly?
Chrome, ChromeOS, Linux, Mac and Windows. Others, like Android and Tizen, use our PDF reader address above.
My PDF has more than 50 pages. What do I do?
Split it first: see Library.
