PowerPoint may sometimes close unexpectedly when your gear goes into Sleep Mode.
As a result, you may lose all your data if unsaved.
Strangely enough, this problem doesnt seem to affect other Office apps.
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Why Does PowerPoint Keep Closing When My Computer Sleeps?
Check how much memory you have left with all the apps running in the background.
For example, Google Chrome isnotorious for eating up your computers memory.
The more tabs you open, the more memory the web app eats up.
Close Chrome, preserve your PowerPoint data in case anything goes wrong, and then enable Sleep mode.
test whether PowerPoint still closes when your machine goes into Sleep mode.
Set PowerPoint to Autosave
To avoid losing your data, set PowerPoint to AutoSave.
hit theFilemenu, selectOptions, and click onSave.
Set the autosave time to 5 minutes.
If you have large files, you may want to set the Autosave to a different interval.
Go toSettings, selectSystem, and click onPower & Battery.
Scroll down toScreen and sleepand tweak your configs.
you could also initiate the Power troubleshooter to automatically detect and solve power-related issues.
Enable Hybrid Sleep
Hybrid Sleep stores apps and processes on your hard disk instead of RAM.
This feature is primarily designed for desktop computers and puts your machine into a combination of Sleep and Hibernate.
Save the changes and peek if PowerPoint still closes when your gear goes into Sleep mode.
Select Office, hit theChangebutton, and run theOnline Repairtool.
If the problem persists, contact Microsoft Support.
Conclusion
If PowerPoint closes unexpectedly when your setup goes into Sleep mode, close memory-hogging processes.
Then, go to PowerPoint prefs, and enable Autosave.
Additionally, enable Hybrid Sleep, and then update and repair your Office installation files.
