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This guide shows you how to display a Google Slides presentation on your digital signage screens.
1

Search for and create the app

Log in to your Pickcel account. Go to the Apps module and search for Google Slides.
Search for Google Slides app
Click the Google Slides app card, then click Create App in the app details panel.
Google Slides app details with Create App button
2

Publish your Google Slides presentation to the web

The app needs a published, embeddable link, not just a shareable link. Open the Google Slides presentation you want to display.
Google Slides app form with instructions to publish the presentation to the web
In Google Slides, go to File → Share → Publish to web.
Google Slides File menu with Share and Publish to web highlighted
On the Embed tab, set the Slide size and Auto-advance slides duration, keep Start slideshow as soon as the player loads and Restart the slideshow after the last slide checked, then click Publish.
Publish to the web dialog on the Embed tab with slide size and auto-advance settings
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, enter a Name for the app, paste the copied URL into Embed URL, then click Create App.
Google Slides app form with the embed URL pasted and Create App highlighted
Your Google Slides app is now ready to use.
Google Slides app created successfully, with option to create a composition

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What’s Next?

The app is saved to your Media library under the name you gave it, here “Keynotes”.
The app in the Media library under the name you gave it, here 'Keynotes'
Click its thumbnail to preview it.
Preview of the app, titled 'Keynote', showing the published Google Slides presentation
Add it to a composition, then schedule and publish it to your screens like any other content.