Need to secure a PPT Presentation for distribution to clients

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I need to find a way to protect a PPT presentation from being changed after
it's burned to a CD to be distributed to our clients. We are using
PowerPoint 2003 and have created the presentation for distribution to
auto-run on a CD-RW. It works great but we need to be able to make this
presentation secure so our competitors can't change the presentation or steal
the pictures, etc.

How can I accomplish this task? I'll buy security software if needed.

Thanks,
Shane Draper
LAN Admin
678-662-6336 cell
email: (e-mail address removed)
 
Can't be done. Any image you put on the screen can be captured.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com
 
You have a few options:

1. You can password protect PPT 2003 - but if you send this to users of
older versions you'll run into problems.

2. You can hide a "show in a show"
Save the file you want to protect as a .pps (PowerPoint Show)
Open a new presentation.
Click Insert > Object
Check Create from File
When the dialog box opens, browse to the .pps you just created
Click OK
Resize the image to fit your entire screen.
Save this presentation as a PPS.

3. Save the file as an executable. Instructions are here:
http://www.presentations.com/presentations/creation/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000492115
 
to Austin's point above: indeed, any slide can be "screen grabbed 'prt scr
button'." They could crop the images grabbed and rekey text in their own
presentation. The options I provided limit direct lifts.
 
I don't consider the "show within a show" to be terribly secure, but it will
thwart most casual users. For that matter, you could say the same thing about
password protection.

If the file doesn't have to have animation, another option is to export the
slides as images and reimport them into a blank presentation file. Makes it
harder to change the data, anyway. :-)
 
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