PowerPoint Crash

[Sandy]

I just completed a PPT containing 60 photographs. I had
saved all along and the auto recovery was also in effect.
This morning after adding the slide transition the program
froze - I had to reboot the computer and now there are "0
bytes" in the file. The document recovery task pane does
not appear. Are the auto recovery files somewhere that I
can recover this any of this presentation? Have used ppt
for sometime and never had this happen before. Thanks.

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Sandy,

If the filesize is 0 bytes, then it's empty.

So you will have to look around for .tmp files
Recovering a corrupt presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00108.htm

I'm not sure where the 'auto recovery' feature keeps its file (it's chances of recovering something seem to be inversely
proportional to how important the file is)

cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

 

[Echo S]

I just completed a PPT containing 60 photographs. I had
saved all along and the auto recovery was also in effect.
This morning after adding the slide transition the program
froze - I had to reboot the computer and now there are "0
bytes" in the file. The document recovery task pane does
not appear. Are the auto recovery files somewhere that I
can recover this any of this presentation? Have used ppt
for sometime and never had this happen before. Thanks.

Try the things here: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00108.htm

I'd start with the TMP file.