Your first thought after reading the title is likely ‘Why would I want to disable password protection for my presentations?’ Any presentations that have been password protected in PowerPoint 2002, cannot be opened in earlier versions of PowerPoint, even if the user does know the password. This is because PowerPoint 2002 was the first version to introduce password protection and earlier versions do not support it.

By disabling password protection, you can eliminate any problems that may occur when sharing presentations with users that have earlier versions of the application. On the other hand, if you never share your presentations, this tip is not for you.

You can disable password protection using the steps that are described below:

1. Within your PowerPoint presentation, click Options from the Tools menu.
2. Click the Edit tab.
3. Under the Disable new features section, check the Password protection option.
4. Click OK to save your changes.