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This guide shows you how to display a Google Docs document on your digital signage screens.
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Search for the Google Slides app

Log in to your Pickcel account. Go to the Apps module and search for Google.
Search for Google in the App Store
Pickcel uses one app, labeled Google Slides, to embed Google Slides, Sheets, and Docs alike, since all three publish to the web the same way. Search for Google Slides even though you’re embedding a document.
Click the Google Slides app card, then click Create App in the app details panel.
Google Slides app details with Create App button
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Publish your Google Doc to the web

The app needs a published, embeddable link, not just a shareable link.
Google Slides App form with the name field filled in and the Embed URL field empty
Open the Google Docs document you want to display, then go to File → Share → Publish to web.
Google Docs File menu with Share and Publish to web highlighted
On the Embed tab, click Publish.
Publish to the web dialog on the Embed tab with the Publish button
Confirm by clicking OK.
Confirm publishing the document dialog
Copy the URL from inside the <iframe src="..."> code that appears.
Published embed code with the iframe src URL highlighted for copying
3

Paste the embed URL and create the app

Back in Pickcel, paste the copied URL into Embed URL.
Google Slides App form with the Google Docs embed URL pasted into the Embed URL field
Click Create App.
Click Create App
Your Google Docs app is now ready to use.

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What’s Next?

The app is saved to your Media library under the name you gave it.
Google Docs app in the Media library
Click its thumbnail to preview it.
Preview of the Google Docs app showing the published document
Add it to a composition, then schedule and publish it to your screens like any other content.