Protection???

[Jon]

Is there a way to deliver a Powerpoint presentation to a
client, without them being able to open it and disect
pieces for other projects?

I create slideshows for others, and spend a lot of time in
Photoshop creating original artwork for each, and do not
want them to have the ability to cut/copy/paste any of it
into something else.

I tried saving it as a .pps, but a colleague was able to
open the file within Powerpoint, instead of it just
starting up as a show. Any help with this would be
greatly appreciated.

Jon

 

[O. David Sparkman]

I am happy with the pass word protection in version 2002. It will allow you
to open a pps file; however, you cannot copy a slide or anything on a slide.
You may be able to do a screen capture and put this in a drawing program,
but that requires more skill than most plagiarist have.

I would also copyright my original art and deliver the presentations with a
copyright statement. The violation of copyright laws is something that most
companies take very seriously.

 

[Sonia]

Options can be found at:

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


Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
http://www.soniacoleman.com
(Tutorials and Autorun CD Project Creator)
PowerPoint Live! - Featured Speaker
Tucson, AZ; October 12-15, 2003

 

[Sonia]

One note though: a PowerPoint 2002 presentation that has been password
protected cannot be opened or played in PowerPoint 97, PowerPoint 2000, or
the current Viewer.