PPT 2003 requires to add the PowerPoint Viewer within the project. You cannot select options like it is possible with newer PPT Versions. Links von einer PPT Datei zur anderen PPT Datei werden unterstützt.

 

All-In-One Protector uses the PowerPoint Viewer to play the protected files. By default, the PowerPoint Viewer is installed when you install PowerPoint, so that you can use the Viewer with the Package a Presentation for CD option. Otherwise you can download the Viewer from the Microsoft Website. Just search in the Online help of PowerPoint how to download the Viewer.

 

There are 2 steps to protect the PowerPoint presentation.

Create a Presentation for CD (requires PPT 2003, 2007)

The following description refers to PowerPoint 2003

 

•On the Microsoft file menu, select Package for CD

•In the Package for CD dialog box, in the Name the CD box, type a name for the CD presentation

•Click Options. Under Package type, you must select: Viewer Package (update file formats to run in PowerPoint Viewer), and then select an option in how presentations will play in the viewer list

•To ensure that files that are linked to your presentation are included in the package, select the Linked files check box

•Specify a password for modify/edit (password to open the file should be empty ). This adds just additional security

•Click OK to close the Options dialog box

•Click Copy to Folder, enter a folder name and location, and then click OK.

 

Create a new folder where you only store the files for this project

Import the files in All-In-One Protector

Now import all the files from the project folder you created and mark pptview.exe as startfile using the button Define as starting file. A red icon signals the start file.

 

The import screen would show the following files if you are using PowerPoint 2003.

 

 

 

 

The PowerPoint file and the PowerPoint Viewer are stored in one single, encrypted file. The user does not need to have PowerPoint on his computer. While the PowerPoint presentation is playing, it cannot be modified, saved or copied.

 

 

 

Make sure, that you select the folder with the file pptview.exe. If you would import a folder like ..presentation\pptview.exe you get an error message during runtime: playlist.txt can not be found.

 

 

Tips & Tricks

 

Use a menu if you have multiple PPT files

 

The project can contain multiple PPT files as long as they are linked - e.g. PPT file1 has a link to PPT file 2

 

If you have multiple PPT files, which are not linked, we recommend making a menu in PowerPoint (just a presentation with one slide) and link to each presentation.

 

 

Example

•Menu.ppt links to course1.ppt and course2.ppt

•In course2.ppt you add a link to menu.ppt

 

 

 

You can then pack all presentations in one database. The menu slide must be the slide you use when you select Package for CD (see above) - all other slides will be added automatically.

 

 

If the size of all presentations exceed 250 MB, you have to split the project into several databases (one project for each PPT file) and use a different menu. Otherwise, the time to load the presentation would take too long.

 

 

 

Compress large PowerPoint files

To significantly reduce the size of a PPT presentation, use a tool like http://www.pptminimizer.com