# Word Online app for digital signage

> Display Microsoft Word documents on your screens

Source: https://signagespace.com/app-store/word-online/

## Overview

Word Online displays Microsoft Word documents on any paired screen, rendering .doc and .docx files the way they look on your desktop. Drop a document into a playlist and the formatting carries over: headings, bullet lists, tables, fonts, and page layout stay intact. There's no need to flatten a report into a PDF, screenshot a page, or rebuild the content in a separate design tool — whatever lives in the Word file is what appears on the wall.

Because the app reads the document directly, changing what plays on screen means editing the file. Fix a typo, add a line item, or revise a policy, and the on-screen version follows your edits without anyone touching the display. That suits the documents teams already keep in Word week to week, from staff notices to the printed-style sheets that used to go on a corkboard.

Placed in a playlist or channel, a Word document shares screen time with images, video, menus, or live feeds. A clinic can rotate a patient information sheet between waiting-room announcements; an office can cycle a quarterly memo between dashboards. The file you authored becomes a scheduled piece of signage instead of a printout someone has to remember to swap.

## How businesses use it

- **HR notices in the staff break room** — An HR team displays the current leave policy, holiday schedule, or benefits summary kept as a Word document. When the policy changes, they edit the file and the break-room screen shows the new version — no reprinting or laminating.
- **Mosque community announcements** — A mosque committee keeps weekly announcements, the prayer timetable, and event details in a single Word document shown on the entrance display. It updates the moment the file is revised, so there's no poster to redesign each week.
- **Clinic patient information sheets** — A medical clinic shows formatted health guidance and pre-appointment instructions written in Word on its waiting-room screens, rotating them with other notices so patients read clear, current information while they wait.
- **Restaurant allergen and food-safety documents** — A kitchen keeps allergen tables and food-safety notices in Word, where staff can edit them quickly, and displays the same files back-of-house so the team always works from the latest version.

## Features

- Renders Microsoft Word .doc and .docx files directly on your screens
- Preserves the original formatting: headings, tables, bullet lists, fonts, and page layout
- On-screen content follows edits to the source file, so updates need no redesign
- Runs inside playlists and channels alongside images, video, and other apps
- Skips the PDF export and screenshot step for putting a document on a screen
- Included as a Basic app, ready to use without a premium subscription

## Adding it to a screen

Add the app to a playlist or a canvas layout zone from the dashboard, configure it, and cast the playlist to a screen.