How to Restore AutoSave Information in a PowerPoint
By Ryan Menezes
When you close PowerPoint without saving your work, PowerPoint retains your unsaved information in an autosaved file. This feature may help you recover edits if your company's computers frequently freeze or crash. By default, PowerPoint saves your changes to this temporary file every 10 minutes, and it usually lists your unsaved files when you launch the program after an unexpected shutdown. If PowerPoint doesn't show this list, restore the autosaved file and open it manually.
Click "File" in the PowerPoint ribbon.
Click "Recent" in the window's sidebar to open a list of your recently accessed files and folders.
Click "Recover Unsaved Presentations" to launch the Open dialog box, which lists your autosaved PowerPoint files.
Double-click your file to restore it and open it.
Tips
You can change the frequency of PowerPoint's autosaves by clicking "File," then "Options," then "Save" and changing the X value in the line labeled "Save AutoRecover information every [X] minutes." Keep in mind that more frequent saves will cause Office to run more slowly.
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Ryan Menezes is a professional writer and blogger. He has a Bachelor of Science in journalism from Boston University and has written for the American Civil Liberties Union, the marketing firm InSegment and the project management service Assembla. He is also a member of Mensa and the American Parliamentary Debate Association.