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How to Unlock a Read Only PowerPoint Presentation (in 4 Steps)

Last Updated: December 29, 2021

This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Darlene Antonelli, MA . Darlene Antonelli is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. Darlene has experience teaching college courses, writing technology-related articles, and working hands-on in the technology field. She earned an MA in Writing from Rowan University in 2012 and wrote her thesis on online communities and the personalities curated in such communities. This article has been viewed 22,730 times. Learn more...

If you see text in a banner that warns you the file is read-only, the original author marked it as final and discourages editing. This wikiHow will teach you how to unlock a read-only PowerPoint manually. Otherwise, you can click Edit Anyway within the banner.

Step 1 Open the PowerPoint project.

  • A menu will drop down from the lock icon.

Step 4 Click Mark as Final.

  • The "Read-Only" text is gone from the title and the yellow banner will disappear, which means you can edit the PowerPoint. [1] X Research source
  • To return the file to read-only, repeat the process to select "Mark as Final."

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1. Open the PowerPoint project. 2. Click the File tab. 3. Click Protect Presentation. 4. Click Mark as Final . Did this summary help you? Yes No

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