Not familiar with Powerpoint but other applications in the MS Office suite (Word & Excel) have provision for allowing read-only open access but requiring a password to alter a file.
PS: was composing my response when the two above appeared so they may have answered your query better than I have.
-- Edited by jimricho on Monday 10th of September 2012 08:15:23 AM
Anvid said
01:54 PM Sep 10, 2012
I enjoy making Power-point presentations of our trips, usually about 5 to 8,000 KB and have two queries:
Firstly, is it possible to make them in such a way that other people can't alter them? I understand that when you receive one that anyone has access to change it around and make alterations themselves etc?
Secondly, is it possible to put power-point albums on the GN site? I'm sure that some of our members could be interested in viewing and reading some of our exploits around the Cameron Corner area.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
Rip and Rosie said
03:08 PM Sep 10, 2012
Yes, you can save a presentation as a .pdf. I used to do it at work but as I no longer have the programme, I can't remember exactly how. I googled, and found this http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpoint2007tips/ss/07saveasPDF.htm Rosie
rockylizard said
03:09 PM Sep 10, 2012
Gday...
I have Office 2007, which includes PowerPoint. I too prepare a 'trip journal/story/travelogue' each month in PowerPoint.
I have the ability to save it as a PDF ... and I can choose in the "PDF Save box..." to save it in 'minimum size for online publishing' which reduces the size a bit for emailing.
So - select your "Save as..." and see if you have the option to save as a PDF. This is a good format because it allows everyone to open the document and read it no matter what their computer is, and also 'locks' the document so it cannot be altered.
Cheers - John
PeterD said
06:07 PM Sep 10, 2012
I note that LibreOffice also has the same feature as Jim pointed out. When you "Save As" there is a tick box at the bottom "Save with password." This feature may be easier to use than the PDF export. If you can do both, compare the file size of both results. When you are e-mailing large files some recipients appreciate you keeping the size down. Some mail boxes also have size limits.
Not familiar with Powerpoint but other applications in the MS Office suite (Word & Excel) have provision for allowing read-only open access but requiring a password to alter a file.
PS: was composing my response when the two above appeared so they may have answered your query better than I have.
-- Edited by jimricho on Monday 10th of September 2012 08:15:23 AM
I enjoy making Power-point presentations of our trips, usually about 5 to 8,000 KB and have two queries:
Firstly, is it possible to make them in such a way that other people can't alter them? I understand that when you receive one that anyone has access to change it around and make alterations themselves etc?
Secondly, is it possible to put power-point albums on the GN site? I'm sure that some of our members could be interested in viewing and reading some of our exploits around the Cameron Corner area.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
I used to do it at work but as I no longer have the programme, I can't remember exactly how.
I googled, and found this http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpoint2007tips/ss/07saveasPDF.htm
Rosie
Gday...
I have Office 2007, which includes PowerPoint. I too prepare a 'trip journal/story/travelogue' each month in PowerPoint.
I have the ability to save it as a PDF ... and I can choose in the "PDF Save box..." to save it in 'minimum size for online publishing' which reduces the size a bit for emailing.
So - select your "Save as..." and see if you have the option to save as a PDF. This is a good format because it allows everyone to open the document and read it no matter what their computer is, and also 'locks' the document so it cannot be altered.
Cheers - John