Protection and Security for PowerPoint presentations

[Barbara]

Is there a way to prevent changes and/or printing when you
send a file to someone else? I deal with copyrighted
material that we send to contracted instructors and i need
to disable their ability to copy and edit what i send them
on CD. Is this possible? Or - is there a way to use a
Macro to have something show on whatever they print from
it without it showing when displayed on a projection
screen?

Thanks for your help!
Barbara

 

[Sonia]

If you have PowerPoint 2002 or 2003 you can password the presentation. For
earlier versions see:

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

 

[Barbara]

-----Original Message-----
If you have PowerPoint 2002 or 2003 you can password the presentation. For
earlier versions see:

Password protect a presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00038.htm
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/




.
They have to be able to open it and show it on a

projection screen to teach the course. Will this let them
do this and still protect it?

Thanks

 

[Sonia]

Yes. You can test this yourself. Assign a "Modify" password, but don't
provide the password. That forces them to open it in "read only" mode and
it can be played in slide show mode, but it cannot be edited.

 

[Barbara]

-----Original Message-----
Yes. You can test this yourself. Assign a "Modify" password, but don't
provide the password. That forces them to open it in "read only" mode and
it can be played in slide show mode, but it cannot be edited.





.
That would be great. Would it restrict their ability to

print? I went to one of the sites you suggested
previously and I just tried to send a small file to .pdf
to file and it turned everything to black and white. Do
you know why this happened? Everything i do is in color.

Thanks

 

[Sonia]

Now we're getting off the original topic. See
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/ and do a search on PDF and you'll find lots
of information.

 

[Barbara]

Thanks for all your help! I will go there and check it
out. It sounds like that may be the way for us to go if i
can fix the color problem.

Thanks again,
Barbara