Repeat Signage V5 help online

Welcome to Repeat Signage V5 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 V5 overview

Repeat Signage editions

Repeat Signage features

Repeat Signage comparison chart

Windows 10 / 11 and Repeat Signage

Repeat Signage on high resolution screens

RepeatServer.com

eBay Auctions in Repeat Signage BETA

Installing Repeat Signage

Running from network drives

Supported file types

Repeat Signage licensing

End-user licence agreement

GDPR privacy policy

Activating and deactivating software

Repeat Signage V4 and 2015 users

Getting started - walk throughs

These are step-by-step walk throughs. If you prefer to watch videos, then please see our Online video tutorials page.

Creating your first presentation

Playing your first presentation

Playing your first presentation when Windows starts

Creating your first play list

Playing your first play list

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 Banner control

Designer screen help page

Single, playlist, scrolling and advanced scrolling controls

Landscape and portrait

Designing presentations - general advice

Training videos

Online video tutorials

Repeat Signage YouTube channel

Controls

Repeat Signage has the following types of controls for use within presentations:

Animated gif control

Audio control

Banner control (pictures or pictures with text)

Barcode and QR code control

Clock (text based) or date control

Clock control (digital and round)

Controller control (Standard and above editions only)

Data grid control (Corporate and Media Wall editions only)

PDF/Document/PowerPoint control

Picture control (single picture)

PowerPoint presentation scheduler control (Standard and above editions only)

RSS reader control

RTF document control

Shape control

Spreadsheet control (or create grid)

Text label control

Text block control

Video control

Web browser (and web widgets) control

Webcam control (Standard and above editions only)

Utilities

Data Connection Manager

eBay connection Manager

FTP Manager

RSS Feed Manager

Text Manager

Repeat signage and help topics

4k monitors - Repeat Signage on high resolution screens

Changing the Repeat Signage loading presentation screen

Configuring MIME types on web servers

Creating shortcuts and command line parameters

Database support in Repeat Signage

Disable Windows logon screen

Displaying single presentation on multiple screens

eBay Auctions in Repeat Signage

Extending the Windows desktop onto multiple monitors

FTP sites

Fonts in Repeat Signage

Getting a Windows screen snapshot

iCal files - Using iCalendar files to schedule control content

Keeping Repeat Signage on top of other programs

Landscape and portrait

Local variables

Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice Calc spreadsheets in Repeat Signage

Microsoft PowerPoint in Repeat Signage

Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.org Writer documents in Repeat Signage

Multiple monitor support

Picture editing

Programming Repeat Signage

Recommended free and paid for software

Relative paths in Repeat Signage

Remote control software

Repeat Icons

Repeat Signage Manager

RSS feeds

RSS feed list

Scheduling the turning off of a player screen at specific times

Screen burn-in

Shutting down a player computer at a specified time each day

Starting presentations on Windows load

SQL

SVG files

System cache

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 country characters

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.

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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.