Disable menu items etc.?

[Gary McGill]

Hi,

I'm not a PowerPoint user but I have done quite a bit of Office Automation
with Word & Excel.

I'm wondering whether it's possible in PowerPoint to disable menu commands
etc. to limit what a user can do while editing a particular presentation (or
better still, any presentation created from a given template)? For example,
I'd like to stop the user from changing the font used, or adding diagrams.

Any pointers gratefully received.

Gary

 

[Sandy]

You can't limit particular items from being edited, but
there are options for protecting the entire document from
being edited. Does this interest you? Which version do
you use?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Some of the gurus can give you a better answer, but I think that if it is
possible to do this, it would be done with an add-in. Unfortunately, the
add-in is associated with a particular machine, not a particular
PowerPoint presentation. That would mean that it would only be effective
if you controlled the machines and not useful for something you
distribute.
--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/

 

[Gary McGill]

Unfortunately I want users to be able to add text, bullet points, etc. but
force them to use particular fonts, etc. So protecting the entire document
wouldn't help. Thanks anyway.

 

[Gary McGill]

OK, that sounds like a starting point. Installing an add-in wouldn't be too
bad, so long as novice users can do it themselves fairly easily.

Thanks for your help.