Learn about removing the Mark as Final option for files in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2016 for Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 and higher
Have you ever received a presentation that doesn't allow you to make any changes? That could be a
password protected presentation. Or, it could have
been Marked as Final. Fortunately,
Mark as Final is more of an administrative tool than a security tool. Its 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 at the lower left area of
the Status Bar at the bottom of the
PowerPoint Interface. You should see the
Mark as Final icon, as shown in Figure 1 (highlighted in red).
Figure 1: Mark as Final icon
Follow these steps to remove the Mark as Final option applied to a presentation in PowerPoint 2016:
See Also:
Remove Mark as Final in
PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
Remove Mark as Final in
PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
PowerPoint 2007: Remove Mark as
Final for Windows
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