locking header/footer info

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Is there a way to open a powerpoint file such that the automated field
(e.g. date) are locked? I want to prohibit the autotext fields fro
being updated when the file is opened - meaning that I would like th
date field to reflect the date of when the file was created. I hav
figured out how to accomplish this in Word but am having troubl
finding similar functionality in ppt.

Thanks.
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Does View/Header and Footer work? It should have an "update automatically"
option which can be turned off...
 
I didn't make myself clear in my original posting. We are opening th
file in a C# app. and I need a way to programatically lock th
headers/footers.

Thanks.
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Hello,

PowerPoint does not have the specific capability that you are looking for.
Currently all security and protection features in PowerPoint are applied to
the entire file (not to particular items within a file such as Master
formatting) both through the UI and programmatically.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
provide more granular control over who can do what with different parts of
a presentation, don't forget to send your feedback to Microsoft at:

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I didn't make myself clear in my original posting. We are opening the
file in a C# app. and I need a way to programatically lock the
headers/footers.
Click to expand...

Whether or not the headers and footers update is a property of the
presentation.
It would probably have to be set before you open the presentation in any
way, manually or under program control, since if the dates are set to
update, they'll do so when the presentation opens.

Perhaps if you described the entire workflow in more detail ...
 
If you are asking if the file can be opened, without these fields updating,
the answer is maybe. If the fields are set to update, they will. But, the
key is that they do not need to be set that way.

There is an option that lets the date feature remain fixed, instead of
updating with each open. This is presentation dependent, not global, so
will have to be changed on each presentation. The field that contains the
date does not have to be a date, either. If the option is selected for the
field to remain fixed, then you can place any text in the box.

None of this addresses C# issues, quite frankly because I know nothing about
C#. I'm confident it can be done thru VBA, so would assume that C# is able
to mimic it.

HTH,
B
 
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