My wife is working on a project and lost several hours of work. Don't know
exactly what happened, but here's what I know, based on what she told me...

---She's been working on it for weeks.
---When she started Sunday morning it was 14 pages long.
---After working on/off throughout the day it was 22 pages long.
---She regularly saves her work. She won't even minimize it without saving.
---Late Sunday night she opened it and it was exactly as it was when she
started that morning. Everything she did that day is gone.
---There was no crash, so no autorecovery.

I searched all drives for PowerPoint files and could not find any other than
the 14-page version. Also searched for templates and webfiles to see if she
accidentally saved as one of those, but no luck. When she saves she simply
hits the save button. AutoSave is set for every 10 minutes but can't find
any files.

Any help greatly appreciated.

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CR

Re: PowerPoint Presentation Reverted Back To Previously Saved Version by Michael

Michael
Mon May 05 09:09:56 CDT 2008

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Michael Koerner
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Re: PowerPoint Presentation Reverted Back To Previously Saved Version by Echo

Echo
Mon May 05 15:55:51 CDT 2008

Only thing I can think to try is using "restore previous version," which is
sometimes available if you're working on Vista.

(This is definitely not common behavior.)

Oh, is there anything in the TEMP folder? If so, she could try Insert |
Slides | From File or she could try renaming the ~.TMP file with a PPT
extension and see if that will open or allow her to Insert | Slides from....

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What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


"CR" <CR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DD264566-5F6A-4A4E-9C3A-C3A552842BC0@microsoft.com...
> My wife is working on a project and lost several hours of work. Don't
> know
> exactly what happened, but here's what I know, based on what she told
> me...
>
> ---She's been working on it for weeks.
> ---When she started Sunday morning it was 14 pages long.
> ---After working on/off throughout the day it was 22 pages long.
> ---She regularly saves her work. She won't even minimize it without
> saving.
> ---Late Sunday night she opened it and it was exactly as it was when she
> started that morning. Everything she did that day is gone.
> ---There was no crash, so no autorecovery.
>
> I searched all drives for PowerPoint files and could not find any other
> than
> the 14-page version. Also searched for templates and webfiles to see if
> she
> accidentally saved as one of those, but no luck. When she saves she
> simply
> hits the save button. AutoSave is set for every 10 minutes but can't find
> any files.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> --
> CR