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PowerPoint Presentation Reverted Back To Previously Saved Version



 
 
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Old May 5th, 2008, 02:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.powerpoint
CR
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Default PowerPoint Presentation Reverted Back To Previously Saved Version

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
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Old May 5th, 2008, 03:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.powerpoint
Michael Koerner
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Default PowerPoint Presentation Reverted Back To Previously Saved Version

The autosave files I believe are removed once you save and exit PowerPoint you might think about using Shyam's Sequential Save addin which is available here. http://skp.mvps.org/seqsave.htm

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MS MVP - PowerPoint


"CR" wrote in message news 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
  #3  
Old May 5th, 2008, 09:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.powerpoint
Echo S
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Default PowerPoint Presentation Reverted Back To Previously Saved Version

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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Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
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" wrote in message
news
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


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Old March 3rd, 2010, 03:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.powerpoint
James Stoy
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Default Possible solution.

i had the same bizarre issue yesterday and today. Unfortunately the issue was happening to my boss and he wasn't very happy!

What was happening was:
He would open a .PPS from a network share, work on it for a while then close it. What he didn't know was that after he closed the application powerpnt.exe was still active in the processes list AND still had his file open.
Due to some bizarre turn of events when he opened the file again to work on it some more; the file was read only but it wasn't showing the "this file is read-only" dialogue upon opening it (possibly due to the process still running?). He would work on his document, then "save" it, all seemed fine, he would close and open the document again and it would be back to the previous version!! The new file was being saved somewhere (still havn't found where!) as soon as he closed it, then all he would see was the original read-only copy still sitting there.

Either way i re-installed office 2007 and applied service pack 2, all the updates available and now it doesn't happen anymore.

I'm glad only one person has experienced this so far, i couldnt cope with 200+ people shouting that they have lost work..



Echo S wrote:

Only thing I can think to try is using "restore previous version," which is
05-May-08

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....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
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" wrote in message
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On Monday, May 05, 2008 9:49 AM
C wrote:

PowerPoint Presentation Reverted Back To Previously Saved Version
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

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---When she started Sunday morning it was 14 pages long.
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---She regularly saves her work. She won't even minimize it without =
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---There was no crash, so no autorecovery.

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On Monday, May 05, 2008 4:55 PM
Echo S wrote:

Only thing I can think to try is using "restore previous version," which is
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....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
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


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