PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Encrypt with Password Option in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

When you share your PowerPoint presentations with other people, you may want to protect or lock your content so that the slides may be accessed by only the people whom you permit to open the presentation. Or perhaps you have no problems with the recipients viewing slides but do not want them to be able to edit the presentation. PowerPoint 2013 provides an Encrypt with Password option to protect your presentation. However let us ponder about why anyone would need to password protect their PowerPoint presentations.

Learn how to encrypt your presentation with a password in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Office 2013, Password, PowerPoint 2013, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: October 6, 2015

We first present an interview with Robert Befus, who discusses SlideSource, a presentation management tool that lets you organize, develop and share your presentations from one secure online library anytime, anywhere. We then bring you a synopsis of Nigel Holmes’ keynote at the just concluded Presentation Summit in New Orleans. We then feature TJ Walker and Jon Schwabish, who discuss their talks at recent conferences and webinars.

We continue our tutorial series for the new PowerPoint 2016 for Windows — we explore the File menu and Backstage view, the Ribbon and Tabs, and the Quick Access Toolbar. We then talk about the Info pane of Backstage view in PowerPoint 2013. Finally, don’t miss the new discussions and templates of this week!

Read Indezine’s PowerPoint and Presenting News.

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Remove Mark as Final Option in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

Have you ever received a presentation that doesn’t allow you to make any changes? That could be a password-protected presentation. Alternatively, it could have been Marked as Final. Fortunately, Mark as Final is more of an administrative tool than a security tool — it’s purpose is to make others aware that the author of the presentation doesn’t want others editing this work. First of all you need to make sure that a presentation indeed has a Mark as Final attribute applied. To do that, check the lower left area of the Status Bar at the bottom of the PowerPoint Interface. You should see the Mark as Final icon.

Learn about removing the Mark as Final option for files in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Office 2013, PowerPoint 2013, Share, Tutorials

Outstanding Presentations 2015: Conversation with Mike Parkinson

      Mike Parkinson is an internationally recognized visual communication and presentation guru, solution and strategy expert, award-winning author, and trainer. He is a key contributor on multi-billion dollar projects and helps Fortune 500 companies improve their success rates. Mike shares his expertise through books like Billion Dollar Graphics, articles, and online tools. He is also partner at 24 Hour Company, a premier creative services firm.

In this conversation, Mike discusses his upcoming webinar tomorrow, which he will present as part of the Outstanding Presentations 2015 series.

Geetesh: Tell us more about what you do — and also about how audience perceptions about visuals have changed/evolved over the years?

Mike: My job is to make my clients more successful through their sales, marketing, and education activities and materials. My creative services firm uses a hybrid of training, coaching and consulting to drive results. Proven innovations applied to our field (e.g., the latest behavioral psychology findings) continues to be key.

Visual communication plays an ever-growing role in education and persuasion. In the last five years, there has been a shift in design. The past favored designs that mimicked reality (skeuomorphism). Today, flat/simple designs that often include large photographs and thin fonts are en vogue. The popularity of smartphones and tablets have pushed us toward a “less is more” aesthetic. In the coming years, expect the popular design approach to evolve—usually taking the best of what has come before with a modern spin.

Geetesh: What will you speak about in your session as part of the Outstanding Presentations series – and what would be the takeaway for attendees?

Mike: Attendees learn the five silver bullets that guarantee a successful presentation. It’s easy—when you know how. See almost 50 examples of amazing slides and presentations that demonstrate how to use each of the five silver bullets. Attendees also get my popular Graphic Cheat Sheet (pick the right graphic for your slides) and find websites that offer free and low-cost graphics.

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Mark as Final in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

Do you need to share your presentations with others? If yes, it’s a good idea to make sure that your presentations are set to be read-only before you share them. What you need then is the Mark as Final option in PowerPoint 2013, which makes your file read-only. Note that this option is not as restrictive as password protecting a PowerPoint presentation. The Mark as Final option tries to prevent users from typing, editing commands, and proofing — all editing options are disabled or turned off. However, do remember that Mark as Final is not a security feature and it can be easily reversed by the recipient of your file.

Learn how to apply Mark as Final option to a presentation in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Office 2013, PowerPoint 2013, Share, Tutorials