how do I retrieve a mistakenly deleted slide in powerpoint?

[lenl]

I tried a change format for the slide I was working on, but decided to reject
it. When I closed the test format for that last slide, I was asked whether I
wanted to save my changes, and clicked NO. All the slides I had done since
my last session were deleted.

 

[Michael Koerner]

I believe that you have lost whatever you were working on.You might want to try this for future sessions. http://skp.mvps.org/seqsave.htm

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Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


I tried a change format for the slide I was working on, but decided to reject
it. When I closed the test format for that last slide, I was asked whether I
wanted to save my changes, and clicked NO. All the slides I had done since
my last session were deleted.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I tried a change format for the slide I was working on, but decided to reject
it. When I closed the test format for that last slide, I was asked whether I
wanted to save my changes, and clicked NO. All the slides I had done since
my last session were deleted.

You probably can't ... you told PPT not to save them, after all.

But try this:

Click Start, Run
In the text box that appears, type:

%TEMP%

then click OK

That will open a window on your Temp folder.

Look for TMP files that have a time and date that match the time you last closed
this presentation. If you find one, change the .TMP extension to .PPT and
doubleclick to see if it opens. If so, you may get your slides back.