PPT2002: Cannot Run Pack and Go Wizard on Password-Protected Presentation (285484)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002

This article was previously published under Q285484

SYMPTOMS

If you run the Pack and Go Wizard on a presentation that has the Modify password set, when you click Finish to start packing the presentation, a dialog box with the following message appears

Password
'presentation name' is reserved by username
Enter password to modify, or open read only.

where presentation name is the name of the presentation you are trying to pack and username is the user name of the person who protected the presentation.

If you click Read Only, the following error message appears:
PowerPoint can't create a copy of the
presentation. The disk may be full.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you attempt to run the Pack and Go Wizard on a file that contains a password in the Password to modify box on the Security tab of the Options dialog box. To run the Pack and Go Wizard on password-protected files, you must have permissions to modify those files.

RESOLUTION

To run the Pack and Go Wizard on a password-protected file, type the correct password when prompted by the Password dialog box described in the "SYMPTOMS" portion of this article.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2006
Keywords:kberrmsg kbnofix kbprb KB285484