How to Set a Password for a PowerPoint Presentation

If you use a shared computer to create your PowerPoint presentations, you may want to consider password protecting them so that no one else can make any changes. The steps below will show how to do it.

Things You'll Need

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

Instructions

1. Start Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, and open a presentation that you want to password protect.

2. Click the Office button in the top left corner of the PowerPoint screen and choose "Save As." A dialog box will appear.

3. Click the "Tools" button in the lower left corner of the dialog box, and choose "General Options." Another dialog box will appear.

4. Key a password into the "Password to open" text box. Another option is to key a password into the "Password to modify" text box. This command requires a password before a user can save changes to the presentation. You can set a password for both of these options or just one. Your password should contain at least 8 characters, including numbers, letters and symbols.

5. Select the "OK" button to close the "General Options" dialog box and return to the "Save As" dialog box.

6. Click the "Save" button in the "Save As" dialog box to set the password to the presentation. Close the dialog box.