Password protection for modifications

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ERic

Hi,

I have a PPT document to which I have added a password to
block the modifications (Tools>Options>Security (Tab)
Password for modifications). When the PPT document is
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open it brings a window saying that the document is
password protected but it can be opened in read-only
mode. Is it possible to remove this window at the opening
of the document and instead bring this window when the
PPT document is been edited? This would simplify the
opening on the file for the people to which the document
is sent. Thanks for your help.

Eric,
 
I have a PPT document to which I have added a password to
block the modifications (Tools>Options>Security (Tab)
open it brings a window saying that the document is
password protected but it can be opened in read-only
mode. Is it possible to remove this window at the opening
of the document and instead bring this window when the
PPT document is been edited? This would simplify the
opening on the file for the people to which the document
is sent. Thanks for your help.
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It would be nice but unfortunately it's not possible.
 
As Steve mentioned you can't change this feature of PowerPoint, but there is
another "less protective, but less intrusive" method.

You can go into Windows Explorer, browse to your file, right-click the file
and left-click "Properties". Click the "Read Only" attribute and click
"OK". When someone opens the file, the title bar will have (Read Only)
after the file name. If someone accidentally clicks the "Save" button they
will get a message stating it is Read Only and will have to do a "Save as".
This is sort of what you are looking for.

However, keep in mind that since this has no password protection, anyone can
go into Windows Explorer and uncheck this attribute. But if all you are
trying to do is keep computer illiterate folks from accidentally overwriting
a file, this might work since most of them have no idea how to change the
files "Read Only" attribute.

Just a thought!
 
Hi,

Thanks for your input. Another idea that I found in a web
site (see below) is to save your document as a picture
file (png, jpg...etc) and then to reinsert the pictures
in a new ppt document, this way they cannot modify the
original pictures that I used in my presentation. Thanks.

http://web.ask.com/searchcp?
q=powerpoint+password+modification&t=powerpoint+password+m
odification&cache=00*d5sfz3iskjga&url=http://www.rdpslides
..com/pptfaq/FAQ00038.htm&page=&ws=1
 
Hi,

Thanks for your input. Another idea that I found in a web
site (see below) is to save your document as a picture
file (png, jpg...etc) and then to reinsert the pictures
in a new ppt document, this way they cannot modify the
original pictures that I used in my presentation. Thanks.
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Yup. Our Protect addin does this automatically for you.
 
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