In the never-ending world of presentation drafts, tight timelines, and internal collaboration, you may well find yourself in need of sharing a presentation with other people. Of course, there are many ways of sending out presentation drafts . . . you can email a draft out to members of a review team, or you can post a draft on a community network, etc. More efficiently in some cases, you can simply share the drive where the presentation is located, skipping the endless uploading, downloading, and endless email chains.

Note Your computer must be attached to a network in order to share your hard drive with others.

To share a PowerPoint presentation on your hard disk with other people

1. On the Windows Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel.



2. Double-click the Network icon.



3. On the Configuration tab, click File and Print Sharing.



4. Select I want to be able to give others access to my files. Click OK. Then, click OK again.






5. You are asked to restart your computer. Click Yes to proceed.



6. On the Desktop, open My Computer. Select the drive that contains the presentation you want to share.



7. Optional: If desired, create a new folder to be "shared". Place the presentation in that folder.



8. Right-click the folder that contains the presentation you want to share. Click Sharing on the shortcut menu.



9. On the Sharing tab, click Shared As. The true name of the folder is shown in Share Name.






10. If you want to use a different visible name, enter that name in the Share Name box.



11. Under Access Type, select the desired access level. For Help on an option, click the question mark and then click the option.



12. Click OK to complete the sharing process.

Bonus Tip! You can also share disk drives by using this method.