How to Create Dashboard Software Using PowerPoint
PowerPoint is a popular software program that is included with most versions of Microsoft Office. Most people use PowerPoint to create presentations and to show charts and graphs. However, PowerPoint can be used for so much more than just these things. PowerPoint...
Free Digital Signage Software: ShowPoint
Looking for an inexpensive way to create your first digital signage? Try our free digital signage software, ShowPoint. ShowPoint is a simple, yet powerful tool that lets you turn PowerPoint presentations into automatically running digital signage on TVs or computer...
In-Store Media For Increasing Sales
Want to increase sales from each client who enters your store? Try in-store media. What is In-Store Media? In-store media is simply media like text, graphics and videos that are shown on computer monitors or TVs to customers while they browse a retail store. This kind...
Digital Signage Player Using a Computer
Digital Signage Player Introduction We have many experiences in setting up computers as a digital signage player. Let's give an expert overview on the actions that you need to execute to turn a (new) computer into a full functioning and full operational digital...
Data Visualization Using PowerPoint
PowerPoints have been used for many business presentations and data visualization for many years. They are frequently used because they allow a huge amount of data to be shown on one side and they are easy to use. PowerPoint has received a few upgrades over the years,...
Digital Signage or iPoint Monitor Power Options
You probably know what the Power Options of your Windows computer are. You come to your desk after a coffee break and your monitor is black. You quickly hit or move your mouse to bring back the computer screen signal. That option we are going to discuss here in...
Father’s Day PowerPoint Templates
Fathers have a life-long influence on our lives. Fathers Day is a time to celebrate the love and influence of our fathers. We have developed these Father's Day PowerPoint templates to help you celebrate Fathers everywhere. These templates can be used...
Differences between DataPoint and Dynamic Elements
This is a Frequently Asked Question. What is the difference between DataPoint and Dynamic Elements? Let me explain. DataPoint Dynamic Elements DataPoint is an add-on for Microsoft PowerPoint version 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and Office 365 as we write. Dynamic Elements...
Summer PowerPoint Template
Ahh, summer. Being outdoors, enjoying the summer sun, and lounging at the beach. As summer gets into full swing, we have prepared our free Summer PowerPoint Template for your enjoyment. This template can be used for: digital signage presentations screensavers The...
Uses and Benefits of Digital Signage for Schools and Universities
One of the things that schools and universities should invest today is a digital signage. It is the best to communicate immediately with the student body in an affordable and efficient manner. Educational institutions from all across the globe have been installing...
PowerPoint Add-ins: DataPoint Rated One of the Best by PowerPoint Guru
Recently there was an interesting question about PowerPoint add-ins on Quora: What are the best PowerPoint add-ins to improve team and individual productivity? Geetesh answers this question and names DataPoint in his list of best PowerPoint add-ins to improve team and...
Visual PA System in PowerPoint
What is a Visual PA System and how do you create one? According to Wikipedia, a Public Address System or PA system is an electronic sound amplification and distribution system with a microphone, amplifier and loudspeakers, used to allow a person to speak to a large...
Digital Signage Software Playlist Priorities
A digital signage planning tool allows you to create and schedule playlists. A playlist is a list of multimedia files that you want to play together on your digital signage screens in your school, office or factory. In this article, we will show you how to set digital...
PowerPoint Business Hours Template
The template includes 10 unique slides so you can choose the one that best fits your business. The business hours templates are fully editable, so you can easily make changes if your hours change. If you have multiple locations, you can use DataPoint to automatically...
Data Presentation – What is It?
Our business is data driven presentations. But what is a data presentation exactly? Let me try to explain that to you with a real life situation. When you are travelling, you arrive in the airport and the first thing that you will do when you enter the airport...
Important update for iPoint users
With this message we would like to announce a change of behavior of our Digital Signage iPoint product. iPoint is great in displaying PowerPoint presentations in your digital signage playlists next to images and videos. Previously in iPoint, each PowerPoint...
New Display Options for Player Names in the iPoint Scheduler
Our iPoint Scheduler application is the heart of our iPoint Digital Signage software system. Next to the server component and the player software, the scheduler application is used to create playlists, assign playlists to the digital signage players and to monitor...
PowerPoint Weekly Schedule Template
Managing staff schedules is tough. So we created this free PowerPoint weekly schedule template to help you make sure all your positions are filled and your team knows their work schedule. The PowerPoint weekly schedule template consists of 3 different slides so you...
Digital Signage Advertising Tracking
You are running an advertising system or digital signage system for your customers or you have a shop and you show commercials of your vendors. Then they will ask for proof of play. You can provide this proof by setting up digital signage advertising tracking. They...
How to use Variables in DataPoint?
And again we can introduce a great new feature of DataPoint; the use of variables in your custom sql statements. Let's explain what this is. You want to create a nice data driven presentation. A sales presentation on a given product for distribution to your sales...
Spring PowerPoint Template for Digital Signage
Spring is in the air and we are all happy to have the long winter over. (Except for those winter sports people - you know who you are!) To celebrate the change of season, here is our free Spring PowerPoint template for you to download. This Spring PowerPoint template...
Case Study: As Belgium Town Hall
As is a small town of about 8,200 people in the province of Limburg in Belgium. As is also the home of PresentationPoint. The town hall of As helps clients every day. They used to have an "open" waiting room concept but this didn't offer much privacy for their...
How to Use the DataPoint Data Cache?
PresentationPoint added a new cool feature to its DataPoint product. Your data driven PowerPoint presentations can now benefit from a local data cache in PowerPoint. All data is retrieved from the servers each time you open a data driven presentation, internet web...
Introduction to Digital Signage
https://youtu.be/9aBYxtM1E4Y To help people better understand the basics, we have put together this video and article "Introduction to Digital Signage." What is Digital Signage? Signage is the design or use of signs and symbols to communicate your message to a...
YouTube Ideas
Looking for ideas for your own YouTube Channel? Here are 30 YouTube ideas to get you started. https://youtu.be/UseiHaz0Nw4 Why YouTube? Why would you even want YouTube ideas anyway? Why is YouTube so important? YouTube is bigger than ANY television station. YouTube...
Easter PowerPoint Templates
One of the great things about digital signage is that you can change you look for holidays and seasons. Here are 11 free Easter PowerPoint templates we created to help you celebrate Easter. These Easter PowerPoint templates include: 2 countdown slides 1 digital...
How to Put the Data File in a Network Share?
Displaying real-time information in a running slide show is what our DataPoint add-on does. So you set up a link to your data file(s) like a text file, Excel file, or simple Microsoft Access database, and you run the slide show. But how can you update your data file...
The Importance of Screen Calibration
For the Mr Perfects and Professionals among us! We were recently working on a project of a customer and they sent in a Photoshop design of what they wanted to see on the information screens. That's typical, most users send in a PowerPoint presentation already, while...
Top Reasons to Use a Welcoming Screen At the Entrance of Your Business
Lobby digital welcoming screens offer you an innovative hotspot for informing your clients, growing your brand, all while helping you to save money, time and hassles as compared to the traditional signage. Using the right display software, it is easy to setup and...
Free Mother’s Day PowerPoint Templates
Without Mothers, none of us would be here. To celebrate the powerful importance of mothers in our lives, we are releasing our free Mother's Day PowerPoint templates. These templates can be used for: office screen savers digital signage presentations digital...
Checklist for Using PowerPoint for Digital Signage Presentations
Introduction You can perfectly use Microsoft PowerPoint to create high quality digital signage presentations for your information displays. PowerPoint is great for displaying a clock, RSS news, weather forecasts, messages, announcements, advertising and many more on...
Tell Us How You Use Our Software
We write about a lot of cool stuff here. But do you want to know what is REALLY amazing to us? How creative our customers are! We craft our software and then our customers use it in ways we hadn't thought of. Now we want YOU to send us YOUR pictures, videos or...
How do you get the PowerPoint onto the TV after you make it?
This is without a doubt a great question. Fortunately, we’ve come up with three comprehensive solutions that you can take to your advantage in order to make this happen. It’s a great way to use PowerPoint presentations on a television in a lot of different venues such...
St Patrick’s Day PowerPoint Templates
St Patrick's Day is coming in March and soon we will be seeing a flood of people wearing green ties, hats and other clothing to celebrate Irish tradition. Now you can add a little luck of the Irish to your own workplace using these free St Patrick's Day PowerPoint...
Using PowerPoint for Business Reports: 15 Reasons why it is Better Than Excel
Speed, reliability, and transparency – these are three of the most important things that should be given emphasis when it comes to business reporting. Given its critical role in business operations, these reports should be well-crafted and should be prudent. It is...
PowerPoint Text To Speech using DataPoint
We listen to our customers. That is for sure. This is a typical sample. After that we released our update notification sound earlier, a user was requesting PowerPoint text to speech capabilities. Believe it or not, less than 2 weeks later, it was implemented and...
Bluetooth Button for Queue Management Systems
Waiting rooms are common in government offices, medical facilities, banks, bakeries, butcher shops and other offices. Managing waiting queues effectively is critical to your customer and patient well-being. In this article, we will show you how to use a Bluetooth...
Valentine PowerPoint Template
Here at PresentationPoint, we are feeling the love in the air. So we gift to you our Valentine PowerPoint template to celebrate the season of romance. If you have digital signage in your restaurant, coffee shop, hotel, store or other facility, changing the look to...
Top 7 Reasons to Use PowerPoint for Creating Reports on Data Coming From Databases
PowerPoint remains as one of the best programs for creating presentations. It has the ability to finalize a business report in a visually pleasing and more usable way, especially when compared to other tools like Access or Excel. Read on below and learn a few reasons...
Super Bowl Live Score
The Super Bowl is thought by many to be the United States' biggest sporting event. In this article, we will show you how to display the Super Bowl live score in PowerPoint. This can be used for: Digital Signage: Show the Super Bowl live score to patrons of your coffee...
Emergency Digital Signage: An effective tool for informing the public
Digital signs have been popular in recent years because of their abundance of applications. They are used by businesses to promote their products and services. They are also used in restaurants to display their menu or in stores to inform buyers of what they are...
Interview with our Founder
SIXTEEN:NINE, an online news publication focused on the digital signage industry interviews the founder of PresentationPoint, Kurt Dupont and discusses how our software works and some real life case uses. Interview with PowerPoint MVP Ellen...
Convert PowerPoint to JPEG (High Quality)
PowerPoint is great for designing leaflets, posters and other forms of advertising. It is a great, powerful but easy tool to generate your documents and graphics. High-end software like Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator is not needed. In this article, we will learn...
Notification Sound on Data Update in PowerPoint
PowerPoint as Information Screen You are on the right track already when you display real-time data on a television or computer screen with Microsoft PowerPoint. Like a message board or information screen in your company, school or factory. DataPoint technology can be...
Does PowerPoint Compress Images?
Some people use PowerPoint for advertisements and information screens. Typically for those type of presentations, you need to create astonishing presentations with great visuals. For them, showing high-resolution quality images in PowerPoint are crucial! But, when...
Waiting Queue Management System in PowerPoint
Our software is often used as queue management software for banks, attractions and waiting rooms. You enter the waiting area of a building and pick your number and then wait until your number is displayed. With the number that you got from the ticket dispenser, you...
Digital Signage at Churches
Digital Signage at Churches After researching several products from larger more technical to smaller solutions, we settled on DataPoint by PresentationPoint. We needed a solution for our new facility that would accommodate a flexible display and presentation for the...
How to Use the Find and Replace on DataPoint Connections
With DataPoint you link your PowerPoint presentation to various databases and files. Some people set up many different connections in one presentation. But at a given day, you have to change some data. Maybe the username, the name of the file or the path to your data...
New Year’s PowerPoint Templates
Ring in the New Year with these free New Year's PowerPoint templates. Normal Microsoft PowerPoint templates so they can be used anywhere Smooth animations Includes real-time countdown templates to the New Year (connect via Dynamic Time) Use these templates to:...
Working Faster with DataPoint Copy and Paste
Sometimes you use DataPoint extensively. Not just where you assign a dynamic value from your database, but more like rules and formatting, replacement texts, ticker definitions etc. A lot of work on one text box only, while you maybe have many other similar text boxes...
Christmas PowerPoint Templates
It is that time of the year again and our team at PresentationPoint are in the gift giving spirit. So here are 20 free Christmas PowerPoint templates for you to download. These Christmas PowerPoint templates can be used: As backgrounds for your Christmas digital...
The Advantages of Using Dynamic Gauges in PowerPoint
The truth is that there are quite a lot of different tools that you can take advantage of in order to visually represent your idea in front of investors, business partners, managers, and whatnot. This is because of the vast improvement of the internet technologies and...
How PresentationPoint Launched our Local Radio Studio into the 21th Century
And having surfed a night or 3 on the web, I knew one thing. That Digital Signage is going to cost a lot of money. Imagine you work at a radio station with a bunch of volunteers and giving your heart and soul into making your own show and broadcasting it into the...
How to Display Cameras in PowerPoint
PresentationPoint releases a new PowerPoint add-on called VideoPoint. It is the first add-on to display live output from webcams and IP cameras on your PowerPoint slide show. Why would you like to display camera output to your slides, you might ask. Output from a...
Multiscreen Digital Menu Boards
What do you do when your restaurant menu is too awesome to fit on just one screen? Go multiscreen! Here are some tips on how to create multiscreen digital menu boards.Here is some software we will be using to manage this process.PowerPoint - PowerPoint handles the...
How to Display Live Election Results in PowerPoint
It's election time and people are clamoring for the latest up-to-date polling or voting information. In this article, we'll discuss how to display live election results in a PowerPoint presentation. How can this be used? This could be used by broadcasters or YouTubers...
How to Link an Internet Image to PowerPoint
Introduction In today's blog article, we will show you how you can insert and link a picture of a web site into your PowerPoint slide. Often, we are asked to display weather maps or traffic maps on an information screen. We will show you the easy steps on how to do...
Working with Dark Sky Weather API on your Weather Display
You need a good data source if you want to display real-time weather information on your information display. A good source is the Dark Sky Weather API, formerly known as Forecast.io. You can sign up as a user to start accessing the weather API. We start with this...
Ideas to Use the DataPoint Text Formatting Tab
There is a nice feature in DataPoint that lets you be more creative with the dynamic content of your text boxes. Look at the Excel file below. DataPoint technology is used here to dynamically display information on your slides that is coming from Excel files, other...
How to use your Own Weather Icon Set
Real-time weather information can be shown with the DataPoint and Dynamic Weather PowerPoint add-ons. Those add-ons connect to a given weather API to retrieve the current weather condition and the conditions for the next couple of days. The condition is typically...
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