To protect users from mistakes, Word 2007 provides a special Undo command. With it, you can quickly return to the previous state of the document and undo the latest changes.
How to undo an action
You can use the Undo command at any time when you are editing a document and want to return it to its previous state. There are two ways to do this:
Click the Undo icon on the Quick Access Toolbar.
Use the Ctrl+Z key combination.
Undoing multiple actions
Sometimes you make several edits at once and only then realize that they were unnecessary. In Word, you can undo not just one, but several recent changes at once. To do this:
- Click on the arrow next to the “Undo” button to open a list of recent actions.
- Select the changes you want to undo with the mouse.
- Left-click to confirm.
- Word will delete the selected actions and return the document to the desired state.
Redo command
Until you use “Undo,” the ‘Redo’ icon remains inactive. The “Redo” command allows you to restore what has been undone. There are two ways to activate it:
Click the “Redo” icon.
Use the Ctrl+Y key combination.
Each time you use Redo, the result of the last Undo command is canceled. For example, if you canceled four actions in a row, you can undo them no more than four times.
