

This action opens the selected presentation within PowerPoint.Select the required file, and click the Open button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3, above. Within this dialog box, you'll find copies of unsaved presentations.Either of these actions brings up the Open dialog box, as shown in Figure 3, below.Thereafter, scroll down and click the Recover Unsaved Presentations option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2.įigure 2: Recover Unsaved Presentations option Alternatively, if you haven't opened any presentation, just access the File menu, and choose the Open pane of the Backstage view, as shown in Figure 2, below.From the drop-down menu, select the Recover Unsaved Presentations option, as shown highlighted in blue within Figure 1.įigure 1: Recover Unsaved Presentations option Thereafter, select the Manage Presentation option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1, to bring up a small drop-down menu. Access the File menu, and choose the Info pane to get to Backstage view, as shown in Figure 1, below. Launch PowerPoint and open a new file.

Also, the procedure explained in this tutorial applies only to recover the new unsaved presentations, not to recover the presentation that was saved at least once.įollow these steps to recover new unsaved presentations manually in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows: You must have turned on the AutoRecover and AutoSave options, and ensured that the save interval is set to save your work frequently enough.
