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php editor Baicao teaches you how to set an "open password" in PowerPoint to protect your slide content from being viewed by unauthorized people. Setting a password can effectively prevent others from viewing or modifying your presentation without permission, ensuring privacy and content security. Let’s take a look at the specific setup steps.
Setting method one:
After opening the PPT file, click the menu tab [File], then click [Information] → [Protect Presentation] → [Encrypt with Password];
After the [Encrypted Document] interface appears, set the password in the password column, click [OK] and enter it again. The "Open Password" for the PPT file will be set.
Setting method two:
First, click the PPT menu tab [File], and then click [Save As];
After the [Save As] interface appears, click [General Options] in the [Tools] drop-down list;
After the [General Options] interface appears, set the password in the [Open Permission Password] column, click [OK] and enter it again.
Because it is set through "Save As", after setting the password, you will be prompted whether to replace the original PPT. If you select "Yes", the "Open Password" will be set for the original PPT. If you select "No", you need to replace the PPT. Rename it, or change the directory where the file is saved, and save it as a new PPT.
Regardless of the above two methods, when you open the PPT file again, a dialog box will pop up, prompting you to enter a password to open the file.
If there is no need to password protect PPT in the future, how to cancel "Open Password"?
We only need to follow the operation process of setting the password, that is, click the menu tab [File] → [Information] → [Protect Presentation] → [Encrypt with Password]. After the [Encrypted Document] interface pops up, you can When you see a line of password in the password column, this is the originally set password. Delete this line of password and turn it into a blank space. After clicking [OK] and saving the file, the "Open Password" of PPT will be cancelled.
You can also cancel the "Open Password" of PPT through "Save As". Follow the set operation process and call up the [General Options] interface to see the originally set password. You can also delete the password and turn it into a blank space. After saving the file, you can cancel the "open password" of the PPT.
If you forget the "open password" of the PPT file, you cannot use the above method, because you need to open the PPT with the password first before you can perform the "cancel password" operation.
Forgot the "open password" of the PPT file, we can use the help of other tools.
For examplePepsi Niu PPT Password Recovery Tool, the [Retrieve Password] module in the tool can be used to retrieve the "open password" of PPT.
After clicking the [Retrieve Password] module, you can see that there are 4 retrieval methods provided. We only need to import the PPT file into the tool, then select the appropriate method and follow the prompts.
Then wait for the password to be retrieved.
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