Undoing and redoing changes

Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3

Chapter 1. Introducing OpenOffice.org

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• The advantages of OpenOffice.org
• Minimum requirements
• How to get and install the software
• How to get help
• Starting OpenOffice.org
• Parts of the main window
• Parts of a dialog (box)
• Starting a new document
• Opening an existing document
• Saving, renaming, and deleting documents
• Using the Open and Save As dialogs
• Using the Navigator
• Undoing and redoing changes
• Closing a document

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To undo the most recent change, press Control+Z, or click the Undo icon File:Undo-icon.png on the Standard toolbar, or choose Edit > Undo from the menu bar.

The Edit menu shows the latest change that can be undone (see below for an example from Writer).

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Edit > Undo last action

Click the small triangle to the right of the Undo icon to get a list of all the changes that can be undone. You can select multiple changes and undo them at the same time.

File:Undo-menu3.png

List of actions that can be undone

After changes have been undone, Redo becomes active. To redo a change, select Edit > Redo, or press Control+Y or click on the Redo icon File:Redo-icon.png. As with Undo, click on the triangle to the right of the arrow to get a list of the changes that can be reapplied.

To modify the number of changes OpenOffice.org remembers, select Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Memory and change Undo number of steps. Be aware that asking OOo to remember more changes consumes more computer memory.