Security with presentation

  • Thread starter Thread starter Ivan
  • Start date Start date
I

Ivan

Is there a way to compile a power point presentation so
that you could distribute it as an application with an
expiration date? I would like to distribute the
presentation that would expire after a pre determined
date.

Thank you in advance.
 
Ivan said:
Is there a way to compile a power point presentation so
that you could distribute it as an application with an
expiration date? I would like to distribute the
presentation that would expire after a pre determined
date.
Click to expand...

Check Secure Pack at http://www.mvps.org/skp
 
Word X for Mac and Excel X for Mac (and PowerPoint XP for
Windows) all support password-protecting documents, but
PowerPoint X for Mac doesn't seem to have this feature.
Is this correct? If so, is there a web page or a document
from Microsoft that clearly spells this out? And if not,
is there a menu item or a dialog box that I am overlooking?

Thanks much in advance,

Ian
 
You're correct, PowerPoint X/Mac doesn't support password protection.
I don't know of any specific MS page that documents this, but it's
simple enough to verify on your own if you have PPT 2002 or 2003/Win.

Save a sample presentation with a password required to open it.
Then try to open the same presentation on any other PPT version you
want to test. If it supports passwords, you'll be asked for a
password, of course. If not, you'll get a message suggesting that PPT
can't open the file because it might be corrupt.
 
[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 2003, you can use the new Permissions feature
to specify an expiration date for your presentation. 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

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

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
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).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Use of any included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm
 
Back
Top