📁 Managing content

Add apps to your content

How to add an app from Files, with the full list of apps and what you can set per app.

Animations in the Designer

Make text, photos, shapes and icons in a design move: let them slide or fade in, or keep them pulsing or floating on the screen.

Connect VALD: sports leaderboards on your screen

Put leaderboards from your VALD performance data (ForceDecks, NordBord) on your screens, per group and per test.

Create a design in the Designer

Build your own screen layout with text, photos, shapes, icons, QR codes and apps in the Designer, then send it to your screens.

Find a template

Choose from more than 250 professionally designed templates for 11 industries, search and filter them, and make one your own.

Google Workspace on your screens: Slides, Sheets, Docs, and more

Put Google Slides, Sheets, Docs, Calendar, Drive, and Analytics live on your screens, through your Google account or through a public link.

Info apps: weather, clock, news, tickers, and more

An overview of the info apps in Screenbird and the settings you can choose for each one.

Organize content in folders

Create folders in Files, move items by dragging them or through Move, rename or delete a folder, or let the assistant tidy up loose files.

Photos and shapes in the Designer

Remove a background, crop a photo, put it in a shape, soften its edge, change its colors, and add patterns and textures.

Playing video from YouTube and Vimeo

Put a YouTube video, YouTube playlist, YouTube channel, or Vimeo video on your screen as an app.

Show data from Excel or Google Sheets in a design

Link text in a design to cells in an Excel Online or Google Sheets file. Change the spreadsheet and your screens update within minutes.

Show Power BI on your screen

Connect your Microsoft account, pick a Power BI report or dashboard, and set up page rotation and refreshing.

Show social media on your screen

An overview of the nine social apps in Screenbird, the connection each one needs, and the settings they offer.

Show TikTok videos on your screen

Play your own TikTok videos or single videos by link on a screen, and show your follower count with the TikTok Counter.

Showing Microsoft 365 on your screen

PowerPoint, Excel, Word, OneDrive, Outlook Calendar, SharePoint, and Power BI as an app on a Screenbird screen.

Text effects and prices in the Designer

Fill letters with a gradient or a photo, add an effect, line up prices, show small decimals or a dotted line, and curve a line of text.

Upload and use your own fonts

Upload your brand fonts under Settings, Brand and use them in the Designer and in your three brand font slots.

Uploading files

Which images, videos, audio, and PDFs you can upload, which video codecs work, the limits on file size and resolution, and how to replace a file.

Validity and display period: control when content shows

Use validity (per file) and display period (per playlist item) to set when content appears on your screens and when it drops out again.

Websites and embeds on your screen

How to show a web page or embedded content on a screen, with zoom and refresh, and why some websites stay blank.

What size should my content be?

Supply images, videos and designs at the resolution and orientation of the screen, and stay within the upload limits.

Why are there bars next to my presentation or document?

Slides and pages are always shown in full. Here is how to fill the screen, choose the color of the bars and use Trim margins.