If you have a Microsoft Word document, Microsoft Excel document, or a Microsoft PowerPoint document, you can set it to display 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. As long as it is saved in OneDrive, these instructions will apply.
Follow these simple steps broken down into two sections: 1) In your OneDrive account and 2) in LENS.
In your OneDrive document:
Below will outline the instructions for Powerpoint slides, the same instructions are applicable for Word docs and Excel sheets.
Access your slide's embed code:
Open Sharepoint document
Select
FileSelect
ShareSelect
Embed
A modal with embedding options and a preview will appear.
select a window dimensions
copy the Embed Code
In LENS:
Navigate to the Today Page
Create a new update (make sure it is 📌 Pinned to the Today Page)
Select the
⋮3-dot menuSelect
<>Code ViewPASTE the copied embed code
Click
<>code view icon AGAIN to process the codeClick
SAVE
From the Today Page, you can now view the powerpoint live (which means you can see changes as they are being made to the document). Users can page through slides, download the document, and even present straight from LENS.
Troubleshooting
Here are the most common reasons why embedding may not work:
The permission to view/open the embedded file depends on the SharePoint permission settings. As for permission levels, you could refer to Permission levels in SharePoint.
Site collection administrators can control whether users can embed content from external websites. If they don't let contributors embed content, you may see an error message that says, “Embedding content from this website isn't allowed.” See your administrator and/or the help article Allow or restrict the ability to embed content on SharePoint pages.
If you continue to experience issues, contact your local IT department.
Other Items to Embed in an Update on the Today Page