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I was in the middle of a power point presentation and the pc went down with a fatal exception, usually documents can be. This time it did not. Is there a way to get it back?
Thanks
by sgt_shultz
the following is excerpted from support.microsoft.com article 207377. hope it helps...
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When you edit a PowerPoint presentation, it will create a temporary copy of the file with the name PPT####.tmp,where #### represents a random four-digit number. This file may reside in the same folder as the presentation, or it may be in your Temporary file folder. After you rename the file to have a .ppt extension, you may be able to open this file in PowerPoint.
First check the folder that the presentation was opened from and look for a file with the name PPT####.tmp.
If you do not find it there, you must search for it. Otherwise skip steps 2 through 4.
Click Start, point to Find, and then clickFiles or Folders.
(In Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows Millennium, click Start, point to Search, and then click For Files or Folders.)
In the Named box or the Search for files or folders named box, type PPT*.tmp
In the Look in box, click My Computer, and then click Find Now or Search Now.
If you do find the file, follow these steps:
Right-click the file, and then click Rename on the shortcut menu.
Change the the old file name extension from .tmp to .ppt, so that the file name resemblesthe following: PPT####.ppt
Try to open the file in PowerPoint.
If more than one file corresponds to the last time that you saved your presentation, you may have to open each file to see if any one is the temporary copy of the presentation.
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