Powerpoint 2010 - Manually saving a working document as versions for auto recovery

Question

Basically to ensure that I dont lose any content due to both powerpoint crashes and to make sure i preserve everything, I save a working file as a differnet versions v1, v2, v3.. I always do this before making any major change to a document. But due to version
control issue, this is diffuclt to manage.
I see that in PPT 2010, i can recover earlier versions of the document IF it has autosaved.
I want to know, if I can periodically save the document as a version while i am working so that i dont have to create 10 separate v1, v2, v3 in a folder.
Thanks
Vijay

Answer 1

Hi Vijay,
You can perform the following steps to periodically save the document.
1.Click the File tab.
2.Under Help, click Options.
3.Click Save.
4.Select the Save AutoRecover information every x minutes check box.
5.In the minutes field, specify how often you want the program to save your data and the program state.
Tip   The amount of new information that the recovered file contains depends on how frequently a Microsoft Office program
saves the recovery file. For example, if the recovery file is saved only every 15 minutes, your recovered file won't contain your last 14 minutes of work before the power failure or other problem occurred.
6.You can also change the location (specified in the AutoRecover file location box) where the program automatically saves a version of files you work
on.
For detail, you can refer to the following article:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/automatically-save-and-recover-office-files-HP010354296.aspx
Hope it does help.
Best Regards,
Nick Wan