panther, powerpoint, password to open

[wendywendy]

Does panther solve the problem of just being able to set a Password to
Open? Or is it still difficult to secure the open AND allow two
different folks to work on the same presentation?
Thanks.

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Wendy,

No version of PowerPoint lets two users open the same presentation file and
edit it simultaneously.

That is a feature that works only in Excel.

When a presentation file is on a server that multiple people have access to
then only one person can open the file. The others will get a message that
the file is in use and can be opened "read-only." In a cross-platform
situation this is risky because I think that Mac and Windows don't tell each
other that the file is already open and corruption could result.

-Jim

 

[wendywendy]

Hey, Jim,
Thanks very much for this; I see your point. I don't need to edit
simultaneously; serially is fine..just want to be able to edit, save,
protect and send, then let recipient do the same, back and forth.
Given that, Mac doesn't seem to have a password-to-open option (as PC
PPT does) and stuffit files (thus far) cannot be opened by PC.
Any ideas for protecting from hacking, etc., as it moves back and
forth?
Thanks again.
Wendy

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hey, Jim,
Thanks very much for this; I see your point. I don't need to edit
simultaneously; serially is fine..just want to be able to edit, save,
protect and send, then let recipient do the same, back and forth.
Given that, Mac doesn't seem to have a password-to-open option (as PC
PPT does) and stuffit files (thus far) cannot be opened by PC.
Any ideas for protecting from hacking, etc., as it moves back and
forth?

I thought there was a version of Stuffit-expander available for Windows.
http://www.stuffit.com/win/index.html

Or create ZIP files for the PC user to unzip.

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Wendy,

As Steve pointed out, Aladdin Stuffit is completely cross-platform and you
can add password protection and even encryption.

-Jim