Echo S, I'm using Windows 2000 Professional (as dictated by my company).
:
Also, Charlie, I see that you mention below you're using PPT 2002. What
version of Windows are you using?
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Charlie, we discussed this with Microsoft. If you can send us a file
created as
you described, one that has a password assigned and will not print, they
are
anxious to test it in their labs. You can either send the file you have
been
talking about, or you can extract one or two slides and save them with a
password. Be sure to test that the new small file also does not print.
You can send it to sonia @ soniacoleman dot com.
Thank you both. It still doesn't quite explain the anomoly between this
and
other Microsoft products which allow this exact functionality.
I will investigate my options further, but resign myself to the fact
that
it's not going to happen with Powerpoint.
Cheers.
:
Unfortunately I don't have an answer. All I can say is that you
should be
able
to print the slides. Oh, how about creating using Send to Word and
then
distribute the Word document that they can print?
Or a PDF if Acrobat or a workalike is available?
That can be copy protected as well.
Would that be an acceptable
work around?
I am POSITIVE there is NO "open" password assigned to the file as I
was
the
one to assign the passwords. If there was an "open" password, this
would
not
permit my colleagues to even view the file and that would kind of
defeat
the
purpose.
I am somewhat restricted as to the software I can download on my
system,
due
to company policies etc. However even if I were to dowload the
viewer
and
this would allow me to print the document, it would still not allow
my
colleagues to view my document. Additionally, as I am the creator
of
these
documents, I know the "modify" password and can edit and print my
own
documents as I please, but my colleagues cannot.
Does this mean there are no other alternatives (short of not
protecting
my
documents, which I am not in a position to do) but for me to print
a copy
for
my colleagues if they request one?
:
Are you sure that there isn't an "Open" password assigned to the
file?
Try downloading and installing the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer. Open
the
Viewer,
open the file, when it goes to Slide Show mode then right click
and
select
Print. Does it print that way?
I have tried using the short cut print on my tool bar - that
doesn't
work.
I have tried doing the long way and going through file, print -
that
doesn't
work.
I have tried print previewing the document and then trying to
print
from
there - that doesn't work either.
Sometimes to print dialogue box will come up and I can click on
all
the
options, but when I click on OK, nothing happens.
Then, sometimes it doesn't even appear.
:
How are you trying to print them? Have you tried opening the
file in
the
Viewer
and printing from there?
--
Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
I am having a similar problem. I am using Microsoft
Powerpoint 2002
and
have
put a modify password (only) on my documents. Neither I nor
my
colleagues
can print these files.
:
FWIW, Sonia and I both did some testing on
password-protected PPT
files
a
couple of weeks ago when another user reported a similar
problem.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=OQBkxlrQEHA.624%4
0TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl&rnum=3&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dpassword%2Bprint%2Bgroup:mic
rosoft.public.powerpoint%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26scoring%3Dd
Sonia was able to get things to print; I wasn't.
I poked around on Google Groups, and John Langhans from
Microsoft
posted
this
in January:
PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 (the 2 versions which support
password
protecting
documents) will allow you to print a password protected
(modify)
presentation to which you do not have the password (will
open
read-only).
If the presentation, however, is also password protected
against
opening
and you do not have the open password you will not be able
to
print the
presentation.
What that says to me is that if the file has both an Open
and a
Modify
password on it, and the user opens the file as Read-Only
(i.e.,
doesn't
have
the Modify password), they will not be able to print.
If the file has only a Modify password (which the user
doesn't
have),
the
file will print.
But that doesn't explain why I couldn't get a presentation
to
print
when I
tested previously, as I'm sure I only set a modify password,
which
theoretically should allow printing.
Anyway, do your files have Open passwords on them as well as
Modify
passwords? If both, does removing the Open password and
leaving
just a
Modify
password allow printing?
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego
http://www.powerpointlive.com
:
I have powerpoint files which are password protected at
the read
only
level. For some reasons opening the file read only
prohibits my
colleagues
from being able to print. The print menu displays as
normal,
but
nothing
happens after you hit OK.
I can't find any other settings or options disabling the
print
feature
Any thoughts? This seems completely illogical to me and
I've
never
had
this issue with other Microsoft products.
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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ:
www.pptfaq.com
PPTools:
www.pptools.com
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