Welcome to Repeat Signage V4 online help
This is the online version of the help file that is included with Repeat Signage with up to the minute help information which applies to the latest version of Repeat Signage.
Introduction pages
Repeat Signage 2010-2015 users
Windows 10 and Repeat Signage
Windows 8/8.1 and Repeat Signage
Activating and deactivating software
Getting started - walk through
These are step-by-step walk throughs. If you prefer to watch videos, then please see our Online video tutorials and YouTube videos page.
Creating your first presentation
Playing your first presentation
Playing your first presentation when Windows starts
Playing your first play list when Windows starts
Setting up player computers and linking to RepeatServer.com
Creating menus (or adverts) and displaying with the Flash Banner control
Single, playlist, scrolling and advanced scrolling controls
Touch screen presentations overview
Designing presentations - general advice
Training videos
Repeat Signage YouTube channel
Controls
Repeat Signage has the following types of controls for use within
presentations:
Clock (text based) or date control
PowerPoint presentation
scheduler control
Video control
Depreciated - Please use the Flash Video control instead
Web browser (and web widgets) control
Industry specific Repeat Signage version controls
RightMove feed (BLM file) player control (specific to the Repeat Signage 2014 for UK Estate Agents edition)
Touch screen controls
In touch screen presentations, you have access to all the above controls, but also have two additional touch screen specific controls:
The touch screen surface control is automatically added to a touch screen presentation when it is created. You can double click this to set it's options but you cannot add a second touch screen surface control or delete the default one. See Touch screen presentations overview for more information on how touch screen presentations work.
Utilities
Digital signage and help topics
Changing the Repeat Signage loading presentation screen
Configuring MIME types on web servers
Creating shortcuts and command line parameters
Database support in Repeat Signage
Displaying single presentation on multiple screens
Extending the Windows desktop onto multiple monitors
Getting a Windows screen snapshot
iCal files - Using iCalendar files to schedule control content
Keeping Repeat Signage on top of other programs
Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice Calc spreadsheets in Repeat Signage
Microsoft PowerPoint in Repeat Signage
Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.org Writer documents in Repeat Signage
Recommended free and paid for software
Relative paths in Repeat Signage
Scheduling the turning off of a player screen at specific times
Shutting down a player computer at a specified time each day
Starting presentations on Windows load
Text to speech for messaging and patient/visitor call
Troubleshooting Internet connection problems
Troubleshooting video problems
Twitter RSS feeds in Repeat Signage
Unicode support in Repeat Signage
Using Repeat Signage with Dropbox.com
YouTube videos in Repeat Signage
Displaying Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Greek, Russian, Indian, Hebrew and other non-latin text
See our Unicode support in Repeat digital signage software page for information on how to use Unicode characters in Repeat Signage.
支持中國寫作
日本語の表記は、サポートされている,
Русская
письменность
поддерживается
हिंदी लेखन का समर्थन
किया
Ελληνική γραφή που
υποστηρίζονται
RepeatServer.com
RepeatServer.com has been set up as a free service to Repeat Signage customers and evaluators. This allows you a central location to host files and text used in presentations. It also allows you to create and maintain RSS feeds for use in Repeat Signage and also RSS feeds that you can link to your organisation's website. New services are being added to RepeatServer.com all the time so please visit www.RepeatServer.com to create a free account and to look at the latest information and services. There are also 1,100+ free pictures to download to help you design your presentations.
Free tools
On the main Repeat Signage screen there are a number of free tools:
Repeat spreadsheet - Create and edit Excel .xlsx files
Repeat save a website page to a picture file
These free tools are available in the evaluation edition, which never expires.
Copyright of Repeat Signage software and help system
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