How to cast or display an Excel spreadsheet on a TV screen
Last updated September 5, 2026
An Excel spreadsheet can reach a TV in three ways: casting it from a laptop, opening the file in the TV's own browser, or connecting it through digital signage software. Casting is the quickest to try and the first to fail, because the screen only lives as long as the laptop stays awake and connected to it. Signage software reads the file itself, refreshes it on a schedule, and on a dedicated player it recovers on its own after a reboot, which is why it is the usual choice for a screen that has to run all day.
With Screenbird, for example, you connect your Microsoft account or paste a public link, pick your spreadsheet, and push it to any paired screen. You can cycle the whole workbook as a slideshow, leave out the pages nobody needs to see, or pin one page as a fixed dashboard. Once your screen is paired, the setup takes about two minutes.
The end result, live on your TV.
What you need
- A TV or monitor with an HDMI input
- A media player: Amazon's Signage Stick and the Fire TV Stick 4K are the simplest plug-and-play options; smart TVs and Windows, Mac, or Linux devices work just as well
- A Screenbird account (free trial, then $18 per screen per month)
- The Excel file you want to display, either stored in OneDrive or SharePoint under your Microsoft account, or shared as a public link
Can't I just cast it?
You can get a spreadsheet onto a TV in a few quicker ways, and for a one-off meeting you probably should. They all break down once the screen has to run unattended:
Casting from a laptop or phone fine for a quick meeting, but the source device has to stay powered on, awake, and on the same network. Close the laptop and the screen goes dark.
The TV's own browser needs no extra hardware, but TV browsers do not refresh on a schedule, fall asleep, forget their login, and cannot be managed from anywhere else.
A DIY kiosk (Raspberry Pi or mini-PC) runs unattended, but you build and maintain it yourself: no remote management, no scheduling, and nobody restarts it when it hangs on a Sunday.
Digital signage software exists for exactly this job: it connects the spreadsheet once, refreshes it on a schedule, lets you manage the screen from anywhere, and on a dedicated player like Amazon's Signage Stick, recovers on its own after a reboot or an outage. That is the route in the steps below.
Step-by-step with Screenbird
For the full click-by-click walkthrough, see the Screenbird Knowledge Base.
Create your free account
Sign up for Screenbird in your browser. Nothing to install on your computer, and the trial starts right away.
Pair your screen
Install the Screenbird player on your TV or stick. It shows a 6-character pairing code. Enter that code in your dashboard to connect the screen.
Add the Excel app
In Files, click New and choose New app. Then pick Excel from the app browser.
Connect your account and pick the spreadsheet
Sign in with Microsoft, or paste a public link. Then choose the spreadsheet you want to show.
Choose what goes on screen
Show the workbook as a slideshow and set how long each page stays up, or switch to Single page and pin the one page that belongs on the wall. In slideshow mode you can also leave pages out, so working sheets and scratch calculations never reach the screen. The setup form previews exactly what will appear, and you set the refresh interval here too, from every 1 to 60 minutes.
Send it to your screen
Click push, choose the screen, and the spreadsheet appears within seconds. It keeps refreshing on its own from here.
The result
Your spreadsheet is now a live screen. Anyone who updates a cell updates the board, without anyone touching the screen itself.
Sales dashboard
Pin the summary page of a sales or budget workbook and leave it on the wall, current all day.
Price list
Edit prices in the spreadsheet, and the menu board or rate card on screen updates at the next refresh.
Roster & schedule
Shift schedules, class timetables, or room bookings, published straight from a spreadsheet.