Presentation File

With the Presentation File option, broadcast your existing PPTX files. After a conversion process, the slides from your PPTX file will broadcast to selected devices.

Steps to broadcast

Two options for broadcasting are available from the Broadcast feature:

1. PowerPoint Files tab: Select from PPTX files previously uploaded to Manager.
   1. In the Broadcast window, select Presentation File from the media content dropdown menu.
   2. In the PowerPoint Files tab, locate your desired PPTX file, select it, and press OK.
   3. Continue inserting other media into remaining sections if necessary.
   4. After initiating the broadcast, a conversion process will begin.
   5. Await the conversion of the file into a playlist to complete, indicated by a success message.
2. Upload Local Files tab: Select a PPTX from your local files to be broadcasted.
   1. In the Broadcast window, select Presentation File from the media content dropdown menu.
   2. Select the Upload Local Files tab.
   3. Either drag and drop your desired PPTX file or use File Explorer to browse for it.
   4. Continue inserting other media into remaining sections if necessary.
   5. After initiating the broadcast, a conversion process will begin.
   6. Await the conversion of the file into a playlist to complete, indicated by a success message.

Update notification of PPTX broadcast appears indicating the file is being converted into a playlist.

A success message appears once the conversion is complete, and the playlist has begun broadcasting to selected devices.
 

Details to note when using Presentation File

• Conversion into a playlist:
  • Manager creates a playlist by converting your PPTX file into a playlist through the Presentation File feature.
  • Broadcasting of this playlist initiates after conversion is complete.
  • If you want to broadcast this same PPTX file in the future, use the Playlist feature outlined above.
  • If you run the Presentation File feature again with the same PPTX file, duplicate files and a new playlist with the same content will be created.
• Default duration per slide:
  • The default time for each slide to display during a broadcast is 20 seconds.
  • If you would like to edit this duration, go to the file's corresponding converted playlist and slides which you desire to edit, adjust the Duration.

Under Playlists in a converted playlist, the user has opened the edit Image Display Settings prompt. (Pictured: an image slide; for videos, settings allow users to Display once or select a Custom duration during which the video will loop.)

• Conversion runtime:
  • The time it takes to convert your file depends on file size and file contents.
  • If you experience long conversion times or timeouts, consider taking steps to reduce the file size.
  • Additionally, certain contents, such as GIF file formats in slides, may also contribute to slow conversion times.