Oct 20, 2015 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, How-To
Today we will demonstrate a special feature of our DataPoint Enterprise edition. You need to know that with the DataPoint Standard edition, you can link to excel worksheets and databases already, to display data in real-time and to generate snapshot presentations. Now...
Oct 15, 2015 | DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
PowerPoint shows a complete black slide with at the top the text End of slide show, click to Exit in white. When a normal sales or product presentation is showing this message, this means that the presentation is over, and that you can get a coffee. But not...
Oct 7, 2015 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
Advantages of using charts There are many reasons to use data driven charts to visualize information in a presentation or on an information screen. First of all, charts are easy to read. Charts are visually appealing, compared to e.g. a text box or table. Easy...
Sep 30, 2015 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To, iPoint
We often get the question on how to set up a PowerPoint presentation in a specific resolution. Here is what we answer. Output device It is best to know your output display device upfront. You better start a presentation in a given resolution or size, before you add...
Sep 28, 2015 | How-To, iPoint
Content for the information screens or digital signage, is written into a playlist, like the user has a music playlist for the iPod or iPhone device. Â Via the digital signage application, the user create digital signage playlists, and set up a schedule to display it...
Aug 12, 2015 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
Earlier this week a blog article was published on dynamic greetings in PowerPoint. Now we will go further on that with dynamic and real-time time-restricted information. An information screen is showing much more than just a greeting like “Good Afternoon”....
Aug 4, 2015 | Articles, DataPoint Automation, How-To
Excel is a great place to collect, analyze and manipulate data. But at some point you need to create reports or present the data in front of your colleagues or a larger audience. At this point, you don’t want to exit your PowerPoint presentation to jump over to...
Jul 21, 2015 | DataPoint Real-time Screens, Dynamic elements, How-To
We have 3 possible scenarios for displaying news. This is a dedicated news add-on for PowerPoint to display news or RSS information in a presentation. This is very easy to use and can show headlines, texts and images. If you need to display news or RSS information,...
Jul 15, 2015 | Articles, How-To, iPoint
We all know what a playlist is in the world of music. With the digital signage the user has a playlist but then for video files like images, video files and PowerPoint presentations. A digital signage playlist is a list of files that belongs to a logical group. At a...
Jul 13, 2015 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
Dynamic Information Screens with PowerPoint I am not going to explain how to start the presentation as a slide show. We are not talking about a regular sales meeting or project meeting here, we are talking about dynamic information screens created in PowerPoint. So in...
Jun 10, 2015 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, How-To, Merge
PowerPoint to create personalized documents PowerPoint is a perfect tool to create personalized presentations or documents. The user can create multiple pages and add high-quality shapes and charts to the slides. PowerPoint does this work much better than compared to...
Jun 2, 2015 | How-To
Here are a few steps to find out why the PowerPoint add-ons are not loaded automatically when the user starts the Microsoft PowerPoint. These instructions are for Office and the PowerPoint add-ons in general but also for our PowerPoint add-ons like DataPoint,...
May 19, 2015 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
How to insert a single song or mp3 file on a slide? Music brings life and in some PowerPoint presentations and it is allowed to play back music for entertainment or a single sound effect. Â Start with a new presentation or open an existing presentation. Insert a new...
Apr 24, 2015 | How-To
At the Screensaver settings of your Control Panel, you can set the wait time to launch the screensaver. When you set the wait time to 5 minutes, then you have do not touch the computer for 5 minutes before the screensaver starts. Screensaver communication In...
Apr 23, 2015 | How-To, MessagePoint
MessagePoint is the screen saver for Microsoft PowerPoint where the user can display an ordinary Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or slide show as screen saver, without conversion. This is typically done to display information or advertising on a computer or...
Mar 11, 2015 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Food & Beverage, How-To, Retail
What is a Digital Menu Board? Digital menu boards are menus displayed on computer monitors or TV screens. These are commonly used in coffee shops and restaurants. They include pictures and prices of menu items. Â It is easy to update and can be connected to...
Mar 9, 2015 | Data Dashboards, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
Dashboards are great to visualize information. Think about the dashboard in a car. The speedometer there immediately gives a graphical indication of the speed. In a glance the user will see if driving too fast. Link for dynamic data The user can create similar digital...
Mar 2, 2015 | Articles, How-To
p Microsoft Office versions The information below refers to Microsoft Office 2010 and 2013. Click here for Office 2016, 2019 and Office 365. By default when the user updates an Excel file or worksheet then the user is opening the Excel file exclusively to make...
Feb 25, 2015 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To, Marketing and Advertising
Here are a few tips to optimize Microsoft PowerPoint presentation as a perfect slide show for the information screens for  shop, office or factory. 1. Page layout and screen resolution First item is to check the layout and size of the display device. The user...
Jan 14, 2015 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To, iPoint, Marketing and Advertising
We are often asked ‘what does your company sell?’ and ‘what does your software do?’. We reply that primarily we sell ‘software for digital signage’ however most people do not understand what this includes. The following explanation should clarify what our software for...
Nov 24, 2014 | Attractions and Events, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Food & Beverage, How-To, iPoint, Marketing and Advertising, Retail
Screens are our most powerful way to get information. Daily we use our TV’s, computer monitors, tablets and smart phones to work, communicate, play, and shop. Our eyes are automatically, hypnotically drawn to digital signs. We have learned to ignore print...
Nov 24, 2014 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
In the last article I explained how the user can connect a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to a Microsoft Access database. The example presentation that I created was linked to the demo northwind Access database. In that article I linked and displayed order...
Nov 20, 2014 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
With DataPoint, the user can  add new functionality to Microsoft PowerPoint for data driven presentations and update their content when the user open the presentation and while running the slide show. With PowerPoint and DataPoint combined, the user can have some kind...
Nov 17, 2014 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
Sometimes you want to display live information in a PowerPoint presentation. Maybe you need to display scores or results in real time to people on a television screen. A manager needs to see production figures of a factory at his desk. People on the floor need to know...
Nov 13, 2014 | Attractions and Events, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To, Scoreboards
Something completely different in this article. Humans like soccer and they follow their favorite club(s) and the rankings. Now you can display live soccer information like ranking and scores in real time in a data driven PowerPoint presentation. Some people run a...
Nov 11, 2014 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
We have 3 possible scenarios for displaying weather. This is a dedicated weather add-on for PowerPoint to display weather information in a presentation. This is very easy to use and it can show current weather information and forecasts. If you need to display the...
Nov 7, 2014 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
Time is money and we have to drive for work, for deliveries, for meetings etc. The travel time is calculated and it gives you a constant update on the arrival time. Unfortunately there are traffic jams and accidents as well. The government or the owner of a toll-way...
Nov 4, 2014 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
We have 3 possible scenarios for displaying news. This is a dedicated news add-on for PowerPoint to display news or RSS information in a presentation. This is very easy to use and can show headlines, texts and images. If you need to display news or RSS information,...
Oct 28, 2014 | Articles, How-To, Marketing and Advertising, MessagePoint
In a previous article I explained the reasons why you should use a PowerPoint presentation as a basis for the screensaver. There are 3 ways to accomplish that.  All three have pros and cons. 1. Export slides as images Open the presentation in PowerPoint and choose...
Oct 23, 2014 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
The year is almost ending and maybe you want to display a countdown till January 1st. Or you need a countdown for the opening of your new shop? This article will show you how you can run a data driven countdown in PowerPoint. For a countdown you have to set a target...
Oct 14, 2014 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
First of all, why would you like to display database information in a presentation? Look around you! You are surrounded by data enabled presentations. Take a train station as an example. The LED screens and VGA computer screens that you see in a train station, are...
Oct 9, 2014 | DataPoint, Financial, How-To
Different currencies are used worldwide for business and travel. When you do business with another country you might have to deal with a different currency that you are used to use in your own country. To estimate a value you need to know the current exchange rate...
