“How do I save a PowerPoint presentation so it cannot be edited? I want to protect it from editing but I do not know how to do. Could you help me in this issue?”
Do you have above problem to protect PowerPoint presentation from editing, especially in the large public speech when many people ask you for the document? There is a positive answer to the issues. To sum up, we will deep into 4 options to protect PowerPoint presentation from editing for PowerPoint 2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019.
Option 1: Mark the Presentation as Final version (Weak Protection)
The Mark as Final function can help you mark that the presentation is the final version so that users are better not to modify it. It plays the role as the reminder and once the PowerPoint presentation is marked as final, you will get that information after you open the presentation. To make the PowerPoint presentation marked as the final version, you need to click File > Info > Protect Presentation > Mark as Final. It is very easy but readers can also follow this way to relieve the final restriction.
Option 2: Save a PowerPoint Presentation with Modify Password
You can set a modify or edit password when you save a PowerPoint presentation. In this way, the people without the password can only view the read-only version and do nothing to the content.
Step-1: On the top left corner, you will find the File > Save as option. Then, click it.
Step-2: In the Save As prompt, you will get the Tools button near to Save button. On its drop-down button, you need to find and click General Options.
Step-3: In the pop-up box, you can set a password for modifying the content. Also, there is an open password setting. But we do not recommend you to set this password here as the PowerPoint presentation with open restriction can be read-only for those people without the password.
Step 4: After that, you can click OK and save the PowerPoint presentation.
If you want to remove the editing password for this PowerPoint presentation when you forget the password, you can use iSunshare PowerPoint Unprotect Genius to remove the modifying password in minutes.
Option 3: Restrict Permission by People to Protect PowerPoint Presentation
Yes, you can set the restriction to the readers. Then people with reading permission can read the presentation, but are unable to change, print or copy the content; While the people with change permission can read, edit and copy content as well as save the changes. How to set restrict permission? Go to File > Info > Protect Presentation > Restrict Permission by People. Then you can set the Read and Change permission.
Option 4: Make PowerPoint Presentation Uneditable Permanently
How to protect the PowerPoint presentation from changes and make it uneditable permanently? The above three options can be reversed and make the presentation unprotected. But in this way, you cannot make it editable again if you want to modify it. How to do that? You can convert PowerPoint presentation to images in 2003/2007/2010/2013.
Step-1: Access File > Save as on the top left corner.
Step-2: In the Save as interface, click Save as type button and select the JPEG or PNG option. You can also modify the file name.
Step-3: Click the Save button and you will get a prompt to export every slide in the presentation or only the current slide. You should click Every Slide and then OK button.
After that, your PowerPoint presentation is saved as images in the destination folder. You can open and have a check. Besides, you can create a new PowerPoint presentation and import these images in it.
If you want to know how to remove these protections, you can check this article: How to Remove or Disable Read-only Protection in PowerPoint Presentation .
