can I secure a powerpoint ppt or pps file?

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I have produced a CD Rom powerpoint with enclosed video movies for m
college on autorun CD. Clearly If a person viewing the presentatio
wanted to download it to own computer they could potentially edit th
presentation and stick their work on it. I wondered if there is som
software plugin or other method of allowing users to view m
presentation but which prevented them from opening it in powerpoint fo
editing purposes or dragging it to the hard drive, and burning
revised copy. I'd appreciate any solutions

Thank
 
What version of Powerpoint are you using? I believe this is possible in
2002, and 2003 has even more password related features. I am sure one of the
experts will be able to help you shortly. Apparently if you put a password
onto it, Powerpoint 2000 or the old powerpoint viewer will no longer be able
to open the presentation.
 
Hello Steve,

If you are using PowerPoint 2002 or PowerPoint 2003 you can use the "Modify
Password" feature to allow people to open the presentation but not make
changes to it and the "Open Password" to prevent people from even being
able to open a presentation. The resulting presentation cannot be opened at
all in PPT 2000 and earlier since they don't know anything about passwords.

Additionally, in PowerPoint 2003, you can use the new Permissions feature
to provide some additional level of control over who can do what with the
presentation based on who they are (authentication) instead of whether or
not they have a password. For more information on the permissions
(information rights management) feature in Office 2003 go to:

http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/preview.aspx?AssetID=HP062208591033&C
TT=98

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
have additional options for restricting access to presentations (without
having to resort to vba or 3rd party add-ins), don't forget to send your
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