By Achilles Hill | Last Updated
"I made a presentation for the school teaching and my students asked me to share it with them. I do not want them to edit the content and change the format. How do I make the MS PowerPoint 2010 presentation read only? Is there any reliable way?".
For the Microsoft users who want to protect PowerPoint presentation from editing and modifying, they can make a presentation created with MS PowerPoint 2010 read only in three methods.
In the following, we use Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 to show you the process to make a PowerPoint presentation read only.
If you want to make the PowerPoint presentation protected, Mark as Final is the first option that let readers know the content is final and make it read-only. In this way, you turn off the typing, inserting and other editing features on the final content version.
Step 1: Open File > Info > Protect Presentation.
Step 2: Click Protect Presentation and get several options.
Step 3: Click Mark as Final and get the warning box from Microsoft PowerPoint. Click OK to continue.
After that, when others open this presentation, they will see a yellow alert on the top. If they want to edit the content, they can click Edit Anyway to modify the text and layout. Therefore, it is not a safe option to protect the presentation.
This option is chosen by most people to make the MS PowerPoint 2010 presentation read only. You can add restrict permission to remove others' ability to edit, copy and print the presentation.
Step 1: Access File > Info > Protect Presentation.
Step 2: Click Protect Presentation and select Restrict Access from Restrict Permission by People option.
Step 3: Set a password to protect the presentation.
For the MS PowerPoint 2010/2013/2016 presentation, they can also add the modify password to protect the content from editing.
Step 1: Click File > Save As.
Step 2: In the Save As interface, besides setting the file name and type to save, you are also provided tools to set general options. Right click Tools button and select General Options from the drop-down menu.
Step 3: Set your password to modify the presentation. After that, click the OK button to end this process.
Summary:
For the question showing in the beginning, the answer should be the latter two methods which enable users to set the modify password in security settings. In this way, users can distribute a PPT (*ppt and.*pptx) as a read only document with password.
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