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Saving Powerpoint slide shows
We are having a problem with saving files in PowerPoint.
What we are trying to achieve is: the ability to share our PowerPoint Presentations, either on the web as a downloadable file or by sending them as an attached file via e-mail, without the recipient being able to open them as a PowerPoint file and being able to manipulate them. The problem we've run into is if we save the file as a PowerPoint slide show; while they can see the slide show, people can still open the file in PowerPoint and make change to the slides, or copy and paste or make changes in the file. If we password protected the file under options they are not capable of opening the file to see the slide show unless we provide them with the password. But then they still have the ability to open the slide file in PowerPoint and are able to make changes. If we password protect the file and save it as a PowerPoint file then they are incapable of opening the file at all, unless we give them the “password” but then they have the ability to open the file and manipulate it. We are a consulting company and we have a lot of proprietary information we would like to share, but we don’t want to have it stolen, I am sure Microsoft can appreciate that. We have been dealing with this issue since Feb and would like a solution. Any help would be apprecia |
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You might want to consider this program. It saves the file as an executable
so they can't get into it to modify the PPT or PPS file. http://skp.mvps.org/securepack/index.htm -- Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint) Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP www.pttinc.com Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/ Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm "Jeff" wrote in message ... We are having a problem with saving files in PowerPoint. What we are trying to achieve is: the ability to share our PowerPoint Presentations, either on the web as a downloadable file or by sending them as an attached file via e-mail, without the recipient being able to open them as a PowerPoint file and being able to manipulate them. The problem we've run into is if we save the file as a PowerPoint slide show; while they can see the slide show, people can still open the file in PowerPoint and make change to the slides, or copy and paste or make changes in the file. If we password protected the file under options they are not capable of opening the file to see the slide show unless we provide them with the password. But then they still have the ability to open the slide file in PowerPoint and are able to make changes. If we password protect the file and save it as a PowerPoint file then they are incapable of opening the file at all, unless we give them the "password" but then they have the ability to open the file and manipulate it. We are a consulting company and we have a lot of proprietary information we would like to share, but we don't want to have it stolen, I am sure Microsoft can appreciate that. We have been dealing with this issue since Feb and would like a solution. Any help would be apprecia |
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Thanks for your suggestion, however the link does not seem to be working.
Also as additional information I am working with Office 2003. "Bill Foley" wrote: You might want to consider this program. It saves the file as an executable so they can't get into it to modify the PPT or PPS file. http://skp.mvps.org/securepack/index.htm -- Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint) Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP www.pttinc.com Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/ Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm "Jeff" wrote in message ... We are having a problem with saving files in PowerPoint. What we are trying to achieve is: the ability to share our PowerPoint Presentations, either on the web as a downloadable file or by sending them as an attached file via e-mail, without the recipient being able to open them as a PowerPoint file and being able to manipulate them. The problem we've run into is if we save the file as a PowerPoint slide show; while they can see the slide show, people can still open the file in PowerPoint and make change to the slides, or copy and paste or make changes in the file. If we password protected the file under options they are not capable of opening the file to see the slide show unless we provide them with the password. But then they still have the ability to open the slide file in PowerPoint and are able to make changes. If we password protect the file and save it as a PowerPoint file then they are incapable of opening the file at all, unless we give them the "password" but then they have the ability to open the file and manipulate it. We are a consulting company and we have a lot of proprietary information we would like to share, but we don't want to have it stolen, I am sure Microsoft can appreciate that. We have been dealing with this issue since Feb and would like a solution. Any help would be apprecia |
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I just checked it out and the link works just fine. It supports 2003 as far
as I know. Check out the main page: http://skp.mvps.org/ -- Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint) Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP www.pttinc.com Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/ Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm "jeff" wrote in message ... Thanks for your suggestion, however the link does not seem to be working. Also as additional information I am working with Office 2003. "Bill Foley" wrote: You might want to consider this program. It saves the file as an executable so they can't get into it to modify the PPT or PPS file. http://skp.mvps.org/securepack/index.htm -- Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint) Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP www.pttinc.com Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/ Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm "Jeff" wrote in message ... We are having a problem with saving files in PowerPoint. What we are trying to achieve is: the ability to share our PowerPoint Presentations, either on the web as a downloadable file or by sending them as an attached file via e-mail, without the recipient being able to open them as a PowerPoint file and being able to manipulate them. The problem we've run into is if we save the file as a PowerPoint slide show; while they can see the slide show, people can still open the file in PowerPoint and make change to the slides, or copy and paste or make changes in the file. If we password protected the file under options they are not capable of opening the file to see the slide show unless we provide them with the password. But then they still have the ability to open the slide file in PowerPoint and are able to make changes. If we password protect the file and save it as a PowerPoint file then they are incapable of opening the file at all, unless we give them the "password" but then they have the ability to open the file and manipulate it. We are a consulting company and we have a lot of proprietary information we would like to share, but we don't want to have it stolen, I am sure Microsoft can appreciate that. We have been dealing with this issue since Feb and would like a solution. Any help would be apprecia |
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This'll give you the skinny on your various options.
Password protect a presentation http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00038.htm And note that you can apply a *modify* password to a presentation, and users can open and view the file without being able to make changes. However, users with PPT 97 and 2000 will not be able to open the file at all -- not even to view it. Same goes for the "open" password (as you described below) -- even if a 97/2000 user has the password, they won't be able to open the PPT file at all. This is also explained in the FAQ link. -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com "jeff" wrote in message ... Thanks for your suggestion, however the link does not seem to be working. Also as additional information I am working with Office 2003. "Bill Foley" wrote: You might want to consider this program. It saves the file as an executable so they can't get into it to modify the PPT or PPS file. http://skp.mvps.org/securepack/index.htm -- Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint) Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP www.pttinc.com Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/ Check out Word FAQs at: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/index.htm "Jeff" wrote in message ... We are having a problem with saving files in PowerPoint. What we are trying to achieve is: the ability to share our PowerPoint Presentations, either on the web as a downloadable file or by sending them as an attached file via e-mail, without the recipient being able to open them as a PowerPoint file and being able to manipulate them. The problem we've run into is if we save the file as a PowerPoint slide show; while they can see the slide show, people can still open the file in PowerPoint and make change to the slides, or copy and paste or make changes in the file. If we password protected the file under options they are not capable of opening the file to see the slide show unless we provide them with the password. But then they still have the ability to open the slide file in PowerPoint and are able to make changes. If we password protect the file and save it as a PowerPoint file then they are incapable of opening the file at all, unless we give them the "password" but then they have the ability to open the file and manipulate it. We are a consulting company and we have a lot of proprietary information we would like to share, but we don't want to have it stolen, I am sure Microsoft can appreciate that. We have been dealing with this issue since Feb and would like a solution. Any help would be apprecia |
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Oh, and the securepack link seems to be working fine here!
-- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com "jeff" wrote in message ... Thanks for your suggestion, however the link does not seem to be working. Also as additional information I am working with Office 2003. "Bill Foley" wrote: You might want to consider this program. It saves the file as an executable so they can't get into it to modify the PPT or PPS file. http://skp.mvps.org/securepack/index.htm |
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We have been dealing with this issue since Feb and would like a
solution. Any help would be apprecia Depending on what the presentation does, it could be saved as a PDF. You don't get animations, and I don't think you get sounds, but PDFs can be nicely secured. (Products to open standard-security PDFs are available, but you still cannot edit the slides...) -John O |
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The other answers are good ones, but to belabor the obvious but often ignored: You may be able to prevent me from electronically copying your proprietary data, but as long as you let me see it, I can print it one way or another, take a pencil and write it down, maybe even get screen shots and do OCR on it to extract the text. For that matter, most if not all of the solutions suggested have one flaw or another in the security ointment. If the goal is to discourage casual theft of intellectual property (thieves in Dockers? g) then they're probably adequate. If lives and livelihoods depend on it, then they're not secure enough. Oh dang. All that foot stomping poked a hole right through the top of the soapbox. Sorry folks, I'll try to have it glued back together by morning. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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