News Highlight

News Highlight

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Deliver Key News Updates at a Glance!

Update your workplace digital signage with real-time news highlights that capture the day's most important events. This template organizes breaking news into easy-to-digest summaries, ensuring no key information is missed. Perfect for busy environments, it helps employees stay connected to global and local happenings with minimal disruption to their workflow.

Content Source

Once you have created your slide using the News Highlight template, choose a content source to start adding your content:

Web Portal

  1. Choose Web Portal in the Content Source dropdown

  2. Add your News,
    1. Click [Add Content] to upload images via the content editor and click [Save]
      OR
    2. Drag-and-drop one or more items via the Upload field

    3. Repeat steps a and/or b to add more content
  3. When you are ready to go live, add your slide to one or more playlists.

File Upload (XLSX)

  1. Choose File Upload (XLSX) in the Content Source dropdown
  2. Download the News Highlight data template

  3. Use the data template (XLSX file) to add an optional title, summary and/or image.

    Idea
    Learn more about the supported formats for this data template.
  4. Save your XLSX file locally and upload the saved file into the slide editor

  5. When you are ready to go live, add your slide to 1 or more playlists

Google Sheets

Info
Follow the prerequisite steps to set up your integration and get started with Google Sheets seamlessly.
  1. Vibe Portal - Download the VIBE-DATA-TEMPLATE_News-Highlights.xlsx

  2. Google Drive - Upload the the VIBE-DATA-TEMPLATE_News-Highlights.xlsx to your connected Google Drive folder and add your data
  3. Vibe Portal - Choose Google Sheets in the Content Source dropdown and select your saved Google Spreadsheet
Notes
Recommend Reading: Prep your Google Sheets

SharePoint (XLSX)

Info
Follow the prerequisite steps to set up your integration and get started with using SharePoint Folders to store your Excel files.
  1. Vibe Portal - Download the VIBE-DATA-TEMPLATE_News-Highlights.xlsx

  2. SharePoint - Upload the the VIBE-DATA-TEMPLATE_News-Highlights.xlsx  to your connected SharePoint folder and add your data
  3. Vibe Portal - In the slide editor, choose SharePoint (XLSX) in the Content Source dropdown and select your saved Excel file.

XLSX Data Template

If you have selected 'File Upload (XLSX)', 'Google Sheets' or 'SharePoint (XLSX)' as your content source, use this section as a guide for formatting the data in your spreadsheet.

Supported Data Formats

Data ColumnSupported Formatting
TitleFree format. Bold and underline formatting is supported.
SummaryFree format. Bold, underline and bullet or number list formatting is supported.
ImageValid web URL (png,jpeg,jpg.gif)
Date
Date with Time (required)  e.g. DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM or DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM AM
 Start Date / End Date
 DD/ MM/ YYYY or MM/DD/YYYY
Info
Start Date and End date are optional
Start Time / End Time
HH:MM (24hr) or HH:MM AM and HH:MM PM
Info
Start Time and End Time are optional
Notes
Recommended Reading:
Vibe Data Templates (for tips on how to download and connect your data to a slide)
Common Data Entry Formats (for more information on managing your data)

Design

  1. Shape - Enhance your presentation with the Gradient Option. This feature adds a vibrant, glowing effect to your slides, making your content stand out and capture attention.
  2. Title and Subtitle - By utilizing the color picker and opacity settings, you can create a customized and visually appealing background for your titles and subtitles, enhancing the overall effectiveness of your slide presentation.

Asset Download

Take advantage of downloading our default assets as a guide to create your own, if you wish to change them.

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