# Permissions

- Human documentation: [https://docs.univer.ai/guides/slides/features/core/permissions](https://docs.univer.ai/guides/slides/features/core/permissions)

- Agent Markdown: [https://docs.univer.ai/guides/slides/features/core/permissions.md](https://docs.univer.ai/guides/slides/features/core/permissions.md)

- Requested language: `en-US`

- Content language: `en-US`

- Documentation version: `1.0.0-rc.0`

- Source: [slides/features/core/permissions.mdx](https://github.com/dream-num/documentation/blob/dev/content/guides/slides/features/core/permissions.mdx)

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Slides permissions are command-backed and can be applied to the presentation, one slide, or one element. Child edit permissions never override a read-only parent.

## Presentation permissions

```ts
import { UnitAction } from '@univerjs/protocol'

const presentation = univerAPI.getActivePresentation()

if (!presentation) {
  throw new Error('No active presentation')
}

const permission = presentation.getPermission()

await permission.setPoint(UnitAction.Export, false)
await permission.setPoint(UnitAction.Print, true)

console.log(permission.getPoint(UnitAction.Print))
```

Presentation-level actions support Edit, Copy, Print, Export, and Comment. `setReadOnly()` disables editing for the whole presentation; `setEditable()` enables it again.

## Slide and element permissions

```ts
const slide = presentation.getSlideByIndex(0)
const element = slide?.getElements()[0]

if (slide && element) {
  await slide.getPermission().setEditable(false)
  await slide.getElementPermission(element.getId()).setEditable(true)

  console.log(slide.getElementPermission(element.getId()).canEdit())
}
```

The final `canEdit()` result applies the presentation, slide, and element permission ceilings. Keep stable slide and element IDs when permissions must survive snapshot persistence.