Re: Protecting a PPT File!

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From: Jonathan West
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:07

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"Roland Leisch" <leisch@24speed.at> wrote in message 
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> Steve Rindsberg wrote:
>> You can password protect PPT files against modification if you use PPT 
>> 2002 and higher.  But the USER of the file must also be using 2002 and up 
>> or they won't be able to open the file.
>
> Hello!
>
> Thanks for your answer, but I want the user to be able to view the 
> Presentation but not to modify it in any way (I try to implement a 
> PowerPoint Viewer for my application).
>
> In Word I can use the protect method to prohibit any modification but I 
> wasnt able to find such a method for powerpoint!

Don't believe that using the Protect method will protect a Word document. 
Just insert a protected document into a blank unprotected document and see 
what happens.


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Jonathan West - Word MVP
www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
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