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Chapter 4 Editing and Formatting Text
Cutting Text Clears the Redo List
I used Word’s multiple-level Undo capability to roll back a large number of changes, and then cut a
block of text. But when I wanted to restore my document to its previous state, the Redo button was
grayed out.
Did you save your changes before you performed the Undo operation? If so, exit the docu-
ment without saving, and restore your saved copy. If not, you’re out of luck. When you use
Word’s multilevel Undo, you can copy anything you want to the Clipboard; if you use the
Cut command, however, you wipe out the Redo list, and nothing will bring it back.
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