Power Point Security

[I.TTrainer]

Hello,

Any advice on how to protect power point files from copying, redistributing
etc. What are the other ways to protect power point material?

Sam

 

[Austin Myers]

What version of PPT are you working with?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[I.TTrainer]

PPT 2003 part of office prof.

What version of PPT are you working with?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Austin Myers]

This should help.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP062208591033.aspx

 

[I.TTrainer]

Thanks, I will call you to discuss..

Have a look here for several strategies:

Password protect a presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00038.htm

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[I.TTrainer]

I don't seem to have your number, can you please email me your phone number
to (e-mail address removed)

 

[Austin Myers]

That requires a server-based add'l product, doesn't it?

That's up to the user, you can set up your own server or use the free one on
the MS web site.

IOW, if you send me the presentation, I either can't open it at all or I can
install add'l client software that allows the server to verify my identity and
privilege level and then I can open it. Or if I don't have access the server,
I can't open it period.

Correct.

 

[John O]

Let's make that "the free *trial* one on the MS web site". ;-)

FWIW, folks, Austin and I had a trial run with this a bit earlier this evening.

To use a presentation encrypted this way, the recipient needs to download and
install 2.25mb worth of client software (which needs admnin privileges on the
computer). In addition, they need a .Net passport and access to a Windows 2003
server running the companion IRM server software to authenticate them.

It strikes me that it could be a very useful solution for a corporate network
but I don't think it'd work well for us peasants who just want to send somebody
else a presentation w/o giving them the keys to the bank vault. And I don't
think that's what MS intended it as.

LOL, and MS thinks they're going to create an Acrobat-like tool? They always
seem to lock it into some other Thing I don't Need, limiting its usefulness.
No surprises, really.

-John O