Create a PDF content type in Content Manager Web

To display multi-page documents, or as an alternative to displaying Microsoft Word documents, you can display a PDF on a digital sign. The PDF content type is particularly useful because it allows you to specify a page duration, enabling you to set the length of time that each page of the PDF is displayed before moving on to the next content.

To display a PDF on a digital sign:

1. Navigate to your repository in Content Manager Web.
2. Click Add New Content or, alternatively, right-click the repository and select Add New Content. Then, select PDF.
   
3. In the "PDF Properties" box, give the content type a descriptive name.
4. Select the recurrence and duration for your content.
5. Enter the location of the URL.
6. Ensure that the caching behavior is correct. For PDFs, the recommended selection is Download from network location at deployment.
7. If you have a PDF with multiple pages and you want to specify how long each page displays, check Page Duration.

   Content duration and page duration interact as follows:

   • If Duration is not checked, the PDF will only play the first page.
   • If Duration is checked and Page Duration is not checked, all pages will play, along with other content that is in the region.
   • If Duration is checked and you've entered a page duration, all pages of the PDF will play, based on the time indicated for the page duration.
8. Click OK.