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Nov 10, 2022

How do I turn off read only mode in Powerpoint

Hi, I have been working on a PowerPoint presentation slideshow. I have been using the same PowerPoint for the last 7 years ie adding new slides each year. However, this year It's not letting m...

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ShannonM1690

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Mar 02, 2023

SandroFigueiredo
A client sent me several files via email. They were all created in PPT. I have One Drive. I cannot edit the file. I cannot turn on edit access. They say they have not locked it. What do I do? I need step by step instructions. when I go file>info everything is grayed out and there are no options to enable editing.
The red viewing button at the top right says Viewing (make no changes) and editing is grayed out. It does give me an option to Open in Desktop App. When I do that, I still can't edit.
Please rescue me from this hell.

herb26

Copper Contributor

Aug 29, 2025

I have found One Drive, MS Office and 365 to be cumbersome garbage. I used to do great things using my computer and Powerpoint and Word, etc. Now it takes me all day to try to figure out what the problems are. The entire MS system needs to go back about 10 years to when things worked. The only help you can get is AI and it stinks. Microsoft is garbage!!