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Undo and Redo in MS Word

Advanced Undo and Redo in Word 2019 (Office 360)

Posted on 15/08/202104/09/2023 by DigiRuns

What most people don’t know is that undo and redo are usually more advanced and faster than Keyboard shortcuts and general commands. Let’s learn how to use it.

Table of Contents

What is Undo in Word?
What is Redo in Word?
Keyboard Shorts for Windows
Shortcut in Word for Mac
Manually Manual Actions in Word
Steps:
Advanced – Steps to Undo the Contents in Word
Steps:
What is Undo in MS Word?
What is Redo in MS Word?
What are the Keyboard Shortcuts for Undo and Redo in Word?
What are the Keyboard Shortcuts for Undo and Redo in Word for Mac?
How to Manually Undo and Redo in Microsoft Office Word?

What is Undo in Word?

It means going back one by one to work that has been done previously in the document.

What is Redo in Word?

If previously typed content is reversed (cancelled or removed) by using undo, it can be retrieved again by using redo.

Keyboard Shorts for Windows

The keyboard shortcuts are Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y.

Shortcut in Word for Mac

The keyboard shortcuts for Mac computers are Command + Z and Command + Shift + Z.

Manually Manual Actions in Word

After typing some text in your Word document, you can manually undo or redo the contents using the icons that are presented in the quick access toolbar.

Steps:

After typing, pasting, or working with contents in your document, do the following.

  • Press Ctrl + Z or click its icon in the quick access toolbar once or more than once.
  • To retrieve contents, you need to press Ctrl + Y.

Advanced – Steps to Undo the Contents in Word

After typing, pasting, or working with contents in your document, do the following.

  • To undo the contents of the document completely or partially, click the drop-down arrow of the undo icon to open the list of contents with the steps that you have worked on in the document.
  • Move the mouse pointer down as far as you want.
Advanced Undo and Redo in MS Word
Advanced Undo and Redo in MS Word

Steps:

To retrieve contents removed by undo as described above, you need to click on the redo icon or press Ctrl + Y. There is no fully or partially redo option in a word document. You can redo the contents only one by one.

Frequently Asked Questions:

What is Undo in MS Word?

Undo means going back one by one to work that has been done previously in the document.

What is Redo in MS Word?

If you go back or remove individual content or enough content through undoing if you want to go back, it is called redo.

In other words, if previously typed content is removed by undoing, it can be retrieved again using redo.

What are the Keyboard Shortcuts for Undo and Redo in Word?

The keyboard shortcuts are Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y.

What are the Keyboard Shortcuts for Undo and Redo in Word for Mac?

The keyboard shortcuts for Mac computers are Command+Z and Command+Shift+Z.

How to Manually Undo and Redo in Microsoft Office Word?

After typing some text in your Word document, you can manually undo or redo the contents using the icons that are presented in the quick access toolbar as in the screenshot below.

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