How to display or cast a Word document on a TV
Last updated September 23, 2026
A Word document reaches a TV in three ways: casting it from a laptop, exporting the pages to images on a USB stick, or connecting the file through digital signage software. Casting stops when the laptop sleeps, and a USB stick goes out of date with every edit. Signage software reads the document from OneDrive or SharePoint, turns the pages on a timer, and picks up your edits by itself.
With Screenbird, for example, you connect your Microsoft account, pick the document, and set how many seconds each page stays up. By default the white page margins are trimmed away, so the text comes up as large as the screen allows. 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 Word document (.docx) you want to show, saved in OneDrive or SharePoint under your Microsoft account. Only on your computer? Save it to OneDrive first (File > Save As > OneDrive)
Can't I just cast it?
For a one-off meeting, casting is fine. For a screen on the wall, every quick route breaks down somewhere:
Casting from a laptop or phone shows exactly what is on your device, until it sleeps, locks, or leaves the room. You also scroll through the pages by hand.
A USB stick in the TV means exporting every page to an image first, because a TV's built-in media player usually cannot open .docx files. Each edit means exporting again and walking over with the stick.
Word in the TV's browser needs a Microsoft login on the TV, does not turn pages by itself, and shows the whole Word interface around your text.
Digital signage software exists for exactly this job: it connects the document once, pages through it on a timer, picks up every edit you save in OneDrive or SharePoint, 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 Word Online app
In Files, click New and choose New app. Then pick Word Online from the app browser.
Connect Microsoft and pick the document
Sign in with your Microsoft account, then browse your OneDrive, search by name or browse SharePoint sites (work or school accounts only), or paste the document's sharing link. Only .docx files show up in the list.
Set the pace and check the preview
Set Auto-advance (sec) to the number of seconds each page stays up, from 1 to 120. Trim margins is on by default, so the text fills as much of the screen as it can, and Background color fills any space around the page. The preview shows exactly what the screen will get.
Send it to your screen
Click Send to screen, choose the screen, and the document appears within seconds. From here it pages through on its own.
The result
Your document is now live on your screen. Whoever edits it in Word changes the screen too: Screenbird checks for a new version at the interval you set and swaps it in without a blank flash.
Safety rules & procedures
Workshop rules, emergency steps, or hygiene instructions, always the current version on the wall.
Weekly notices
The notice your office manager already writes in Word, shown in the break room instead of printed.
Rosters & timetables
A shift roster or class timetable built as a Word table, updated in the file, and on screen at the next refresh.