Power Point Security

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Please will someone help me understand what security means.
If I put a password on the presentation so that it can not be modified and
the try to open it, I can in read only mode.

Read only mode means I can print everything out, Copy and paste each slide
into a new presentation and save it.

IS THIS REALLY SECURE?

If I don't want someone to open it for editing, I DONT WANT THEM TO BE IN IT
PERIOD!

Is there such a "Stay the L out PERIOD" Setting?

Thanks in advance
Jim Rendant
 
In the version I have (2002), you have a choice of a password for opening
and a password for modifying. A password for opening would not allow
others to even see the presentation.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
 
Please will someone help me understand what security means.
If I put a password on the presentation so that it can not be modified and
the try to open it, I can in read only mode.

Read only mode means I can print everything out, Copy and paste each slide
into a new presentation and save it.

IS THIS REALLY SECURE?
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Not in the sense you mean, no.

But then anything you allow me to view can be captured and pasted one way or
another, so to secure it totally, don't let them see the presentation.

If you want to let them see it, you can't secure it.
 
Um, I can't copy/paste information or slides from a presentation that has an
open or modify password on it. Have you actually *tried* to copy/paste the
objects/slides, or are you just assuming that because you can select things
in Read Only view that you can also copy/paste them?

But yes, the file can indeed be printed. The biggest issue I see there is
that you can easily print as a PDF (or a post-script file) and then open the
PDF in Photoshop. However, if you really think about it, that's not really
any different than taking a screenshot of the various slides in a
presentation.

It's like Steve said -- if it can be shown, it can be copied. (But that
still doesn't mean you can copy/paste from a passworded file.)
 
Cut & Paste works just fine.

The real point here is that -> why should power point even allow a file to
be opened if it is marked for no editing. What I think it should do is fire
off the viewer OR say this file cannot be edited BYE! Not "GEE I won't leave
thr front door open for your to steal from me but I don't mind if you crawl
through the open window and unlock the door yourself."

Is there any truth to MS Security?





Echo S said:
Um, I can't copy/paste information or slides from a presentation that has an
open or modify password on it. Have you actually *tried* to copy/paste the
objects/slides, or are you just assuming that because you can select things
in Read Only view that you can also copy/paste them?

But yes, the file can indeed be printed. The biggest issue I see there is
that you can easily print as a PDF (or a post-script file) and then open the
PDF in Photoshop. However, if you really think about it, that's not really
any different than taking a screenshot of the various slides in a
presentation.

It's like Steve said -- if it can be shown, it can be copied. (But that
still doesn't mean you can copy/paste from a passworded file.)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Jim Rendant said:
Please will someone help me understand what security means.
If I put a password on the presentation so that it can not be modified and
the try to open it, I can in read only mode.

Read only mode means I can print everything out, Copy and paste each slide
into a new presentation and save it.

IS THIS REALLY SECURE?

If I don't want someone to open it for editing, I DONT WANT THEM TO BE IN IT
PERIOD!

Is there such a "Stay the L out PERIOD" Setting?

Thanks in advance
Jim Rendant
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