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Preventing copies
Occasionally, I have to demo a proprietary EXCEL file at a potential
client's location, but do not have a laptop and need to use one of their computers to do the demo, using a CD of mine, which I am careful to remove from their machine as soon as I am done. While I am doing the demo, I do not want their computer to be able to somehow copy or save a copy of my file on their machine. If they have autosave off, is that all I need to be safe? Next, let's assume that, sometimes, I do not want to be seen to be changing their autosave settings on their machine. in that case, is there some other way to ensure that my EXCEL workbook cannot be, somehow, autosaved or saved on their computer? Lastly, is there some way to install a front end, so that, even if they did save a copy, they would not be able to use it without some sort of password? That is, something more secure than the ordinary password protection in EXCEL, which I now know is too easily broken. Thanks, Grace |
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You have a few replies at your other post.
Grace wrote: Occasionally, I have to demo a proprietary EXCEL file at a potential client's location, but do not have a laptop and need to use one of their computers to do the demo, using a CD of mine, which I am careful to remove from their machine as soon as I am done. While I am doing the demo, I do not want their computer to be able to somehow copy or save a copy of my file on their machine. If they have autosave off, is that all I need to be safe? Next, let's assume that, sometimes, I do not want to be seen to be changing their autosave settings on their machine. in that case, is there some other way to ensure that my EXCEL workbook cannot be, somehow, autosaved or saved on their computer? Lastly, is there some way to install a front end, so that, even if they did save a copy, they would not be able to use it without some sort of password? That is, something more secure than the ordinary password protection in EXCEL, which I now know is too easily broken. Thanks, Grace -- Dave Peterson |
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Thanks, Dave, it seemed to die here, so I reposted there. Is this board
more for macros? "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... You have a few replies at your other post. Grace wrote: Occasionally, I have to demo a proprietary EXCEL file at a potential client's location, but do not have a laptop and need to use one of their computers to do the demo, using a CD of mine, which I am careful to remove from their machine as soon as I am done. While I am doing the demo, I do not want their computer to be able to somehow copy or save a copy of my file on their machine. If they have autosave off, is that all I need to be safe? Next, let's assume that, sometimes, I do not want to be seen to be changing their autosave settings on their machine. in that case, is there some other way to ensure that my EXCEL workbook cannot be, somehow, autosaved or saved on their computer? Lastly, is there some way to install a front end, so that, even if they did save a copy, they would not be able to use it without some sort of password? That is, something more secure than the ordinary password protection in EXCEL, which I now know is too easily broken. Thanks, Grace -- Dave Peterson |
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Usually. But it's not a hard and fast rule.
People post most anything they want anywhere, but mostly this is for programming questions. The real problem is when someone multiposts a message (different messages sent to different newsgroups at different times). The original poster doesn't get the benefit of a nice consolidated thread with lots of interaction. And the responders sometime waste their time since the question was answered elsewhere. "Grace" wrote in message ... Thanks, Dave, it seemed to die here, so I reposted there. Is this board more for macros? "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... You have a few replies at your other post. Grace wrote: Occasionally, I have to demo a proprietary EXCEL file at a potential client's location, but do not have a laptop and need to use one of their computers to do the demo, using a CD of mine, which I am careful to remove from their machine as soon as I am done. While I am doing the demo, I do not want their computer to be able to somehow copy or save a copy of my file on their machine. If they have autosave off, is that all I need to be safe? Next, let's assume that, sometimes, I do not want to be seen to be changing their autosave settings on their machine. in that case, is there some other way to ensure that my EXCEL workbook cannot be, somehow, autosaved or saved on their computer? Lastly, is there some way to install a front end, so that, even if they did save a copy, they would not be able to use it without some sort of password? That is, something more secure than the ordinary password protection in EXCEL, which I now know is too easily broken. Thanks, Grace -- Dave Peterson |
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