Microsoft Word: Edit Undo undoes one character at a time in MSW 2007

  • hpg / 204 / Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:59:00 GMT / Comments (5)
  • I'm used to MS Word's Ctrl+Z undoing text changes a word or so at a
    time, which makes it quick and easy to use. Now, sometimes (I haven't
    figured out when yet) it undoes typng a letter at a time, which is
    very tedious. Does anyone know why this is, and whether there's a way
    of forcing it to return to its previous behaviour of undoing in chunks
    of text?
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    1. It will undo whatever you have done last, however you did it.
      JoAnn Paules
      MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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      "HPG" <hugh.gunz...gmail.com> wrote in message
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      > I'm used to MS Word's Ctrl+Z undoing text changes a word or so at a
      > time, which makes it quick and easy to use. Now, sometimes (I haven't
      > figured out when yet) it undoes typng a letter at a time, which is
      > very tedious. Does anyone know why this is, and whether there's a way
      > of forcing it to return to its previous behaviour of undoing in chunks
      > of text?

      joannpaules | Fri, 30 May 2008 19:57:00 GMT |

    2. Thanks, JoAnn -- that's interesting, because it doesn't match my
      experience. It seems to choose each undo unit arbitrarily. Sometimes
      it's character-by-character, and sometimes it's in chunks of
      characters. It doesn't seem to depend on how I type; the behaviour is
      quite unpredictable.

      hpg | Fri, 30 May 2008 19:58:00 GMT |

    3. Keep in mind that every time AutoCorrect or AutoFormat fires, it interrupts
      the Undo stream of "Typing." So you should get chunks of uninterrupted text
      except for AutoFormat and AutoCorrect entries. If you examine the Undo list,
      you may be able to see some logic in it. If there are no such interruptions,
      then there's something wrong, but I have no idea what might cause it.
      Suzanne S. Barnhill
      Microsoft MVP (Word)
      Words into Type
      Fairhope, Alabama USA
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      "HPG" <hugh.gunz...gmail.com> wrote in message
      news:306a0875-4566-4d77-bd3c-c5253f442ff2...d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
      > Thanks, JoAnn -- that's interesting, because it doesn't match my
      > experience. It seems to choose each undo unit arbitrarily. Sometimes
      > it's character-by-character, and sometimes it's in chunks of
      > characters. It doesn't seem to depend on how I type; the behaviour is
      > quite unpredictable.

      suzannes_barnhill | Fri, 30 May 2008 19:59:00 GMT |

    4. Interesting -- I didn't know about the impact of AutoCorrect or
      AutoFormat -- thanks. I'll just have to be more observant and see if
      there's anything else going to explain the structure of the Undo list.
      I'll report back if I spot an explanation.

      hpg | Fri, 30 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT |

    5. I am having this same experience, although it seems to vary from one document to the next. It's incredibly infuriating and I think the first answer to your question was pretty unhelpful! I'm going to keep looking because there must be a setting that can be adjusted so it goes back to whole words.
      Just expressing solidarity in frustration!

      guest | Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:45:00 GMT |