Turn a photo of your menu into a menu board

1. Hold your phone straight over the menu, not at an angle.
2. Use good, even light, and keep glare off shiny or laminated menus.
3. Get the whole page in the frame, one page per photo.
4. Several pages? Combine them into one PDF, or upload each page to its own menu page (step 2).

✓ You’ll see: a sharp photo where you can read every price.

✓ Straight, bright, whole page

✗ Angled, glare, cut off

Our demo menu, shown two ways.

1. Open Menu Workspace.
2. On an empty menu page, click the Upload Menu card and choose your photo or PDF. Upload one file at a time.
3. Already have items on this page? Click + Add Page first. Each page is like a separate paper menu, such as Breakfast or Drinks.

✓ You’ll see: Processing Import while Just a Menu reads your menu. You can keep working.

Real screen

1. Open the Imported Menu Preview. It lists every category, item and price we found.
2. Check the prices first. Blurry digits, like 3 and 8, are the usual slip.
3. Check items with sizes (Small / Large, 6 pc / 12 pc), and that each item sits under the right heading.
4. Click Accept Import. If a lot is wrong, like a blurry photo, click Retry Import with a better photo, or Reject.
5. Fix small mistakes after you accept: edit the item in Menu Workspace.

✓ You’ll see: your menu in Menu Workspace. Nothing is added until you click Accept Import.

Real screen · sample menu

1. Open Digital Signage and click Auto Create Playlist.
2. Under What should we build?, choose Full playlist.
3. Under Your screens, name the playlist (like “Counter TVs”), then choose How many screens?, the Orientation and how many Designs to compare (up to 4).
4. Under Make it yours, click Add a photo to match the look and choose a photo of your dining room or counter. This is optional.
5. Click Build my playlist. You can hide the window and keep working while we build.

✓ You’ll see: Pick your favorite design when your designs are ready.

Example photo of a space

A wide photo of your counter or dining room, like this one, helps us match your boards to your room.

1. Look through the designs on Pick your favorite design.
2. Click Use this design on the one you like. The others are removed.
3. None feel right? Click None of these to remove them all, then build again with different choices.

✓ You’ll see: your playlist in Digital Signage. Click Preview to see exactly what your screens will show.

Our demo menu

Good to know: every design is yours to change. Open any board in JAM Canvas, the full editor, to change text, fonts, photos and colors.