If you don't want to save your presentation model as a template, you can protect it from being overwritten in other ways. For example,
| • | UsePowerForms to protect a presentation model by making it a read-only file. |
| • | Use standard Windows controls to make the file a read-only file. |
| Note: | You could, of course, also use PowerPoint's Save As feature to avoid overwriting the original file, but you run the risk of unintentionally clicking Save instead of Save As. |
To protect your presentation model using PowerForms
| 1. | When you have finished working with the presentation model in PowerPoint, save the file. |
| 2. | Click the PowerForms button on PowerPoint's PowerForms toolbar. |
| 3. | On the Main window toolbar, click the Protect button. PowerForms converts the presentation model to a read-only file, and displays the following information dialog box. |
Figure: This information dialog box displays after you click the Protect button.
| Note: | If you try to process a protected model with PowerForms, an error message similar to the one shown below reminds you to save the model with a different name before processing it. |
Figure: A dialog box, similar to this one, displays when you try to save over a protected presentation.