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I have PowerPoint 2003. I am unable to locate the Information Rights
Manager. When I go to the File menu, there is no "Permissions" listing.
Please help!
 
I have PowerPoint 2003. I am unable to locate the Information Rights
Manager. When I go to the File menu, there is no "Permissions" listing.
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I'm pretty sure you need specific versions of Office plus an information rights
server on your network. Check with your IT people. If you don't have IT
people, you probably don't have an information rights server or a version of
Office that supports it, so the feature won't be available.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish? Maybe there's another approach.
 
I have MS Office 2003, Student/Teacher Ed. I work from a home office and am
not networked on the server of my employer's office (although I could arrange
that if necessary). I'm simply trying to find out if I can enable the
Permissions feature so that I can have some of my co-workers review my
slideshows without having full access to make changes. Maybe this feature is
only available in the Pro version??
 
Hi Val,

The permissions button is on the Standard toolbar in PowerPoint 2003. It
looks like a blank document with a small red circle and the bottom right
hand corner and a white rectangle on it. If you click the button you can
then sign up for a free trial service. However, it also needs to be
installed on the recipient machine when you send a presentation to them.

If you would like to protect your document, on a password protect it? Go to
the tools menu, options, security , and use the password to modify option.

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Regards,
Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

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the original www.pptworkbench.com
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That's my point - there is NO Permissions icon on my Standard toolbar. I know
what it looks like, but it simply isn't there. I'm trying to find out how it
can be missing (i.e. is it not available in the Student/Teacher version?), or
if I can retrieve it.

In the meantime, I do understand how to password protect, and maybe that's
my only option with this version.

Do you know if this version simply does not have the Permissions feature?
 
That's my point - there is NO Permissions icon on my Standard toolbar. I know
what it looks like, but it simply isn't there. I'm trying to find out how it
can be missing (i.e. is it not available in the Student/Teacher version?), or
if I can retrieve it.

In the meantime, I do understand how to password protect, and maybe that's
my only option with this version.

Do you know if this version simply does not have the Permissions feature?
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It may not. But even if it did, clicking it would probably lead to a message box
that says you need add'l software or leads you to this link:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA010397891033.aspx

where it says, among other things:

Windows Rights Management client

To take advantage of this new technology, you must first install the Windows
Rights Management client. You will need administrative rights to install this
client on your computer and ensure it functions properly.
Rights Management Add-on for Internet Explorer

Because permissions are granted in an Office 2003 program, Office 2003 documents
with restricted permission can only be opened by Office 2003. However, the Rights
Management Add-on for Internet Explorer allows authorized people without Office
2003 to read content with restricted permission.

Additional server requirements for IRM

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Windows Rights Management Services is required
to enable IRM in Office 2003. Microsoft also hosts a free trial IRM service for
customers who do not have Windows Server 2003. This service will enable users to
share documents and messages with restricted permission using Microsoft .NET
Passport as the authentication mechanism, as opposed to Active Directory.

===========================

So you might be able to use the free trial server IF you could figure out how to
get the icon to appear, but that might be a time-limited deal or ...?

Seems like Open-only password protection is a much better bet, so long as
everyone has PPT 2002 or higher, or can use the viewer.
 
Hi,
The Student/Teacher Ed of Office 2003 does not allow protect documents with Rights Management. With this version, you can only consume protected documents.
The Standard Edition of Ofiice 2003 has the same restricted feature. To protect documents with IRM, you need to use the Profressional Edition.

Hope that helps,
/Dung


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