Mark as Final Option in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

1. Open an existing presentation. If you want to apply Mark as Final to a copy of the presentation, it is a good idea to choose the Save As command and work on a copy of the file.
2. Click on the Office Button to bring up the resultant menu, as shown in Figure 1.
   
   
   Figure 1: Office Button menu options
3. From the menu, choose Prepare | Mark as Final (see Figure 2).
   
   
   Figure 2: Mark as Final
4. This summons the message window that you see in Figure 3. Click OK to mark the open presentation as final. Remember that this marks and saves the open presentation as final, and no new copies are created.
   
   
   Figure 3: Message Window to confirm Mark as Final action
5. This brings up another message window (see Figure 4) that informs you that this presentation is marked as final. All you need to do now is click OK. If you don't want to see this message again, remember to check the Don't show this message again option.
   
   
   Figure 4: Confirmation of marked as final
6. Back in Normal view, you will see there's a Mark as Final icon in the Status Bar at the bottom left corner (highlighted in red in Figure 5).
   
   
   Figure 5: Presentation marked as final
7. To further confirm the Mark as Final state, click any of the tabs of the Ribbon, and you'll find that almost all options are grayed out. This means you can no longer edit the presentation. Figure 6 shows the Home tab of the Ribbon with all options grayed out.
   
   
   Figure 6: Home tab with all options greyed out

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