Making My PowerPoint Presentations available as "Read Only."

[Robert McN]

Is there a way to post a presentation online as a read only file in slide
view? I'm using PowerPoint 2003 for Windows.
Here are the specifics: I teach at a college and generally give a PowerPoint
presentation with each class. My students have asked me to share my
presentations. My college has something called "BlackBoard," that allows me
to upload the files, but as I understand it, the students will be able copy
the complete file. However, my PowerPoint presentations have notes and
hidden slides embedded in them and I simply am not inclined to give the
PowerPoint presentation as file that my students could then share with others
as if it were their own presentation. What I'd like to do is to make the
presentations available as slide without the information I have in the note
space or the hidden slides... i.e., I want to share what appears on the
screen in my lectures. (I'd like to try to give them access to the file in a
way similar to a protected PDF file... where you can look at it, in a web
brouser, but not change it.)

 

[Austin Myers]

The simplest solution is to remove anything you don't want them to have
access to and save it with a new name.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Robert McN]

OK, I'd thought about that, but is there some way to make it "read only," so
it cannot be changed. I'd like them to be able to view it, not use it as a
PowerPoint presentation.

 

[Michael Koerner]

You can password protect 2003 against editing

 

[Austin Myers]

If you don't want them to see it as a presentation, you might want to export
the slides as an image file.



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[John Wilson]

Password protecting will stop them changing the presentation (unless they
crack the password, which is pretty easy) but it wont stop them seeing notes
and hidden slides. You might want to try one of the many powerpoint > flash
converters?
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John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist
http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html

 

[Robert McN]

Thanks for your reply. Yes, that is a good idea. I've never done this before,
but it sounds good. However, I don't have the Adobe Acrobat program, and I
think it's pretty expensive. I know that in the upcoming version of Word,
there will be a "Save as PDF," but given my current situation, is there some
way of legally achieving your recommendation without having to spend the
money to buy a copy of Acrobat?
Thanks again,
Bob

 

[Austin Myers]

If you want PDF you need to pay for it. <g> However you can export the
slides in various image formats.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com