Can you lock a slide in PowerPoint?

[artvandelay]

Is there a way to lock a slide so that no one can alter it? I know how
to group all the contents togetherbut this doesnt really lock them.
FOlks can still move them around and figure out how to ungroup.

If there isnt an obvious way to lock a slide, is there a way to write
a macro that will do it? Anyone have any experience with this?

Thanks.

Art

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Check out this tip from the PPT FAQ:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00038.htm

--David

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David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

(e-mail address removed) (artvandelay) wrote in

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Is there a way to lock a slide so that no one can alter it? I know how
to group all the contents togetherbut this doesnt really lock them.
FOlks can still move them around and figure out how to ungroup.

You can export the slide to a bitmap then import the bitmap into a new
presentation. It doesn't utterly protect the contents, but altering a bitmap
is more work than it's worth and should be discouraging enough for most.

We have an inexpensive little addin that does this automatically.
See the info on Protect at www.pptools.com



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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