This tutorial guides on how to secure PowerPoint presentation using Java. It is a very important use case to password protect PowerPoint presentation using Java so that you can avoid any unauthorized access or modifications to the data. You can perform this operation on any file format supported by PowerPoint like PPTX or PPT files.
Steps to Secure PowerPoint Presentation using Java
- Install Aspose.Slides from the Maven repository to secure the presentation
- Instantiate a Presentation class object to load the source file
- Specify the password to secure the presentation
- Secure the presentation with a password using the encrypt method
- Save the output presentation encrypted with the password
These steps explain how to load a source PowerPoint presentation, then specify a password string and lock PowerPoint presentation using Java. Now, the output presentation will be opened only if the specified password is entered while opening it.
Code to Secure PowerPoint Presentation using Java
This sample code can be used for PowerPoint presentation protection using Java without needing to install MS PowerPoint or Interop in your environment. It provides all the details briefly along with the Java sample code which loads the input presentation and encrypts it with the password for security purposes.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to secure PowerPoint presentation using Java. For more information about other features of the API like inserting draft watermark in PowerPoint presentation using Java, refer to the article on how to insert draft watermark in PowerPoint presentation using Java.