Password Protecting PowerPointFile

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morris_patty

I use PowerPoint XP and was wondering if there was any
way to password protect the presentation but still allow
the user to change the order of the slides, or delete
some slides before presenting. I understand you can
not "file save" teh presentation - but is there a way to
modify the oder or hide slides you don't want to use in
the file?

Anyone have any workarounds?
 
You can assign an "Open" password. That gives them full modification
rights, including saving the file. They must have PowerPoint 2002 or 2003
to open the file however.
 
I don't think they can do any of things you want. However, you could create a few custom shows (that include the combinations of slides users might want, assuming there aren't too many). You can then include buttons on the first slide that are hyperlinks to the various custom shows. The users won't be able to hide any slide, but they will be able to play any of the custom shows you have set up.
--David

David M. Marcovitz
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
 
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Hello,

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 (deleting slides is, of course, a change) 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
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechn
ol/office/Office2003/Plan/Of03IRM.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2003/six/ch20/ColA01.htm

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have additional options for restricting access to presentations (without
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