If you have a Google Doc, Google Slide, or Google Sheet, you can have it displayed on your Today page. The document will be a LIVE display, meaning that changes made to the document will immediately update and be reflected on the LENS Today Page Update.
In your Google Slides document:
Below will outline the instructions for google slides, the same instructions are applicable for google docs and google sheets.
Access your slide's embed code:
Open google document
Select
File
>Publish to Web
(if this option is greyed out, troubleshoot here)Select
Embed
Click
PUBLISH
if this is your first time publishing this documentSet slide duration with
Auto-advance slides
Copy the iframe code from the text box
In LENS:
Navigate to the Today Page
Create a new update (make sure it is ๐ Pinned to the Today Page)
Select the
โฎ
3-dot menuSelect
<> Code View
PASTE the copied embed code
Click
<>
code view icon again to process the codeClick
SAVE
Troubleshoot: Publish to Web
is not an option
If "Publish to Web" is not an option, this may be because your slide deck is saved in .PPTX
format as denoted in the top next to the title.
In order to publish to the web, the slides must be saved as Google Slides
select
File
select
Save as Google Slides
the Google Slides version will open in a new tab
full functionality, including
Publish to Web
, will be available again
Other Items to Embed in an Update on the Today Page