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You might want your smart playlist to behave the same for every display—if so, just choose filtering choices that relate only to the
content. Then, only properties of the content are considered when deciding whether it gets output. Tagging your displays and
organizing them into sites can seem complicated, but it will save effort if you have a large number of displays.
4.9 Creating Slides Using Templates
Slides offer a quick way to get a simple message on a screen in a way that’s:
• Editable
• Attractive and can be branded (for example, with your logo)
• Simpler and quicker to keep up-to-date than PowerPoint or PDF slides
This is perfect for situations where you want to let non-technical users edit on-screen words without having to upload files, assign
things to displays, or use PowerPoint.
NOTE: PowerPoint and PDFs are fully supported by MFLY-X. Use these if you have complicated information to display.
Start by setting up a template
Slides are based on templates. You can have one template and several slides based on it. Each slide inherits its visual appearance
from its template, but has completely independent text. See Figure 4-12.
Click “Templating,” then “Templates” to get started.
Figure 4-12. Templating screen.
Templates are based on a backdrop. MFLY-X has many generally useful backdrops, but you can also upload your own. Use the
Upload button under Templates > Backdrops. Read the note on screen resolutions when considering uploading your own
backdrops.