Protect presentation

PowerPoint 2016
Suppose your presentation contains sensitive or confidential data, or you might want only certain people to be able to open and modify a presentation. In that case, you can encrypt the file and protect it with a password. Generally, to ensure that no one can change the presentation, it is better to save the presentation as images or as a PDF file.

You can protect the file by assigning a password to a presentation. PowerPoint offers two different types of passwords for a file:

  • the Open password - to prevent unauthorized people from viewing the file at all
  • the Modify password - to prevent people from making changes to the file.

To manage file passwords and other security settings, do any of the following:

   A.1.   On the File tab, select the Save As pane, then do one of the following:

  • Click the More options... link:
    More options in Save As PowerPoint 365
  • Click Browse to open the Save As dialog box.

   A.2.   In the Save As dialog box, click the Tools button:

Tools button in Save As dialog box PowerPoint 365

Note: If you want to protect a copy of the presentation instead of the original, enter a new name for the copy in the File name field.

   A.3.   From the Tools dropdown list, choose General Options...:

Tools in Save As dialog box PowerPoint 365

   A.4.   In the General Options dialog box, set a password to prevent unauthorized access:

General Options dialog box in PowerPoint 365
  • If you want an Open password, enter it in the Password to open field.
  • If you want a Modify password, enter it in the Password to modify field.

    Note: You can use both an Open and a Modify password or only one of them.

  • Select the Remove automatically created personal information from this file on save checkbox if you want to delete the personal information from the file, e.g., your name will be removed from the Author field of the Properties area (see more about hidden information in Microsoft files).
  • Optionnaly adjust the macro security level for PowerPoint (all files, not just this one) by clicking the Macro Security... button and making changes to the settings in the Trust Center:
    Trust Center dialog box in PowerPoint 365

    Click OK to return to the General Options dialog box.

   A.5.   Click OK to close the dialog box.

Notes:

  • If you specify an Open password, you will see the confirmation message for it. Retype the same password in the Confirm Password dialog box, and click OK.
  • If you specify a Modify password, you will see the confirmation message for it. Retype the same password in the Confirm Password dialog box, and click OK.

   B.1.   On the File tab, select the Info pane, then click the Protect Presentation button and choose Encrypt with Password:

Encrypt with Password in PowerPoint 365

   B.2.   In the Encrypt Document dialog box, enter the password you want:

Encrypt Document dialog box in PowerPoint 365

After clicking the OK button, you will see the confirmation message. Retype the same password in the Confirm Password dialog box, and click OK.

See also this tip in French: Protéger la présentation.

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