Saving as Read-Only

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Esterleigh

Hi,
Can anyone tell me how to save a .ppt file as read-only?
This file will be stored on a shared drive and I want
people to be able to look at it, just not alter it.
Thanks,
 
Dear User,

You can Passward protect the presentation from Editing by using password.
To establish a password, open your presentation, choose Tools, Options, and
click the Security tab. You'll notice two password options in this dialog
box: "Password to open" and "Password to modify." If you simply want to
prohibit others from making unauthorized changes to your presentation,
select "Password to modify." Give your password ..... OK

Hope this will help you.

Suvodip Moitra
 
It worked! Thanks so much!
-----Original Message-----
Dear User,

You can Passward protect the presentation from Editing by using password.
To establish a password, open your presentation, choose Tools, Options, and
click the Security tab. You'll notice two password options in this dialog
box: "Password to open" and "Password to modify." If you simply want to
prohibit others from making unauthorized changes to your presentation,
select "Password to modify." Give your password ..... OK

Hope this will help you.

Suvodip Moitra




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Making a presentation Read Only will not provide much protection from others
making modifications. You can demonstrate this for yourself:
1. Open Windows Explorer and locate a presentation (.PPT) file.
2. Right click the file and select Properties.
3. Check the box next to Read Only. Voila! It's Read Only.
4. Uncheck the box next to Read Only. Voila! It's not Read Only. Anybody can
turn off the Read Only property if they know how.

Not knowing which version of PowerPoint you are using, I refer you to the
following, which gives multiple options for protection:

Password protect a presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00038.htm
 
Glad to hear that it works for you.

Just be aware that people using PPT 2000 or 97 will not be able to even open
a password-protected PPT file -- so they won't be able to look at it.

Wanted to make sure you know that in case others at your office are using
different versions of PPT.
 
I saved the files as indicated above from Suvodip and it
worked. When I open Windows Explorer and right click on
the file and select Properties, the Read Only box is not
checked. I think using the Tools - Options - Security
Tab is the way to go. Thanks,
 
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