Protecting a Powerpoint presentation

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Hi

I have a powerpoint presentation that I need to send to
some people. I don't want them to be able to edit it at
all. Usually I just pdf the presention, but in this case
they will need to put it up on a screenshow and do a live
presentation.

Is there anything I can do to stop them editing it but
still allowing it to be screened??

Thanks
 
PowerPoint 2002/2003 can be password protected, but must be screened using
PowerPoint 2002/2003. for earlier versions visit
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00038.htm

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Hi

I have a powerpoint presentation that I need to send to
some people. I don't want them to be able to edit it at
all. Usually I just pdf the presention, but in this case
they will need to put it up on a screenshow and do a live
presentation.

Is there anything I can do to stop them editing it but
still allowing it to be screened??

Thanks
 
You might want to experiment with the "fullscreen" function in Acrobat
reader. I haven't really used it, but I believe that it is esentially a
"slideshow mode" that looks fine.

Steve
 
You might want to experiment with the "fullscreen" function in Acrobat
reader. I haven't really used it, but I believe that it is esentially a
"slideshow mode" that looks fine.
Click to expand...

Exactly, and using either Adobe's PDFMaker or our Prep4PDF software you can
get a PDF that preserves hyperlinks (both) and action settings (Prep4PDF
only), and page transitions (both) in the PDF.

Animations aren't supported, though; if they're important to the content,
PDF is out.
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

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 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.
If you only specify a "Modify Password" then the presentation can be viewed
in PowerPoint Viewer 2003 without any prompting for password (since you
cannot modify presentations in the Viewer).

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
feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

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your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
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that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions)

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Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
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