where are the auto saved files for office 2016 for mac?

Anonymous
2015-03-10T02:57:37+00:00

I had autorecoveron (by default) and the app crashed (ironically when i tried to do a normal save). is there a chance i can get my file back and if so where?

this was a powerpoint presentation.

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Anonymous
2015-03-10T09:20:15+00:00

thanks for your reply.

I actually found my file - for reference it was at 

HD > Users > [my user name] > Library > Containers > com.microsoft.Powerpoint > Data > Library > Preferences > AutoRecovery > Presentation1_autorecover

but powerpoint wouldn't detect it upon restart, it wouldn't show up in spotlight etc. (I found it with a program called "find my file")

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Anonymous
2015-09-23T20:41:09+00:00

I had to rename the autosave file with a '.pptm' extension before PowerPoint would open it.

It appears the autosave has a content type of "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.main+xml" instead of "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation.main+xml" which is typical for a pptx file.

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Anonymous
2015-03-13T22:04:01+00:00

I guess there's confusion over what type of file you were working on. If it was a Word document then everything in the path is the same except replace the word "PowerPoint" for "Word" and see if anything is in that folder.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-03-10T15:04:59+00:00

    AutoRecovery is working in PowerPoint 2016 and based on my testing the "AutoSaved" recovery file is reopened when you restart the crashed application.

    Are you sure you reopened PowerPoint 2016 and didn't instead accidently opened PowerPoint 2011? It's really easy to do... I know... I've done it often.

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  2. Jim G 134.1K Reputation points MVP
    2015-03-12T17:37:31+00:00

    Try looking here:

    .../Users/UserName/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.ms/MerpTempItems/PowerPoint

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