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Powerpoint Password 1
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PowerPoint 2000 does not allow you to password protect your presentations. You can password protect VBA projects that are a part of your presentation, but not the presentation itself.
This is done to maintain file compatibility with PowerPoint 97 and PowerPoint 98, which also does not support password protection.
You do have *some* options:
1. Distribute a show file instead of a presentation file
Rename your presentation from .PPT to .PPS
This doesn't change the presentation in any way, nor does it really secure it, but when naive users doubleclick it, it starts PowerPoint directly in Slide Show mode. They won't have the opportunity to edit the file. Experienced PPT users know that all they have to do is start PowerPoint then File, Open to open either PPT or PPS files.
2. Don't distribute your real presentation. Distribute a presentation that contains only pictures of your presentation. Export each slide in your presentation to a WMF or bitmap (JPG, PNG, etc.) file, then import each of these files into a new presentation and scale them up to fill the slide. WMF will usually make for a smaller presentation, but can be ungrouped and edited to some degree; bitmap files can't be edited but will make your presentation file size larger.
3. Distribute Acrobat/PDF files instead of PPT files
You can use Adobe's Acrobat software to convert your PPT presentations to PDF files. These can be password protected in two ways, against opening/viewing the file and against editing the file and/or copying text and graphics from it.
PDFs can also include embedded fonts, meaning that it's easier to ensure that your presentation's appearance doesn't change depending on what fonts are available on the system where it's viewed.
This is done to maintain file compatibility with PowerPoint 97 and PowerPoint 98, which also does not support password protection.
You do have *some* options:
1. Distribute a show file instead of a presentation file
Rename your presentation from .PPT to .PPS
This doesn't change the presentation in any way, nor does it really secure it, but when naive users doubleclick it, it starts PowerPoint directly in Slide Show mode. They won't have the opportunity to edit the file. Experienced PPT users know that all they have to do is start PowerPoint then File, Open to open either PPT or PPS files.
2. Don't distribute your real presentation. Distribute a presentation that contains only pictures of your presentation. Export each slide in your presentation to a WMF or bitmap (JPG, PNG, etc.) file, then import each of these files into a new presentation and scale them up to fill the slide. WMF will usually make for a smaller presentation, but can be ungrouped and edited to some degree; bitmap files can't be edited but will make your presentation file size larger.
3. Distribute Acrobat/PDF files instead of PPT files
You can use Adobe's Acrobat software to convert your PPT presentations to PDF files. These can be password protected in two ways, against opening/viewing the file and against editing the file and/or copying text and graphics from it.
PDFs can also include embedded fonts, meaning that it's easier to ensure that your presentation's appearance doesn't change depending on what fonts are available on the system where it's viewed.
Powerpoint XP does this now...just to let you know.
There is a program out there that will do this for you. See dreamboat@nni.com
Brainbench MVP for Microsoft Word
There is a program out there that will do this for you. See dreamboat@nni.com
Brainbench MVP for Microsoft Word
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