Curious assymetry in Word

[Opinicus]

(Using Word 2002 in Office XP Pro)

1. Open a document and write some words.
2. Select one of the words by defining it (using a shift key and a
right/left arrow) and change the font color to something else.
3. Select another word and press control-y. That word will change to the
same font color. (Control-y repeats the last action taken.)
4. Press control-z and notice how the font color changes back. (Control-z
undoes the last action taken.)
5. Now select another word and change the background color to something
else.
5. Select yet another word and press control-y. Notice how the background
color change is NOT repeated.
6. Select yet another word and change its background color to something
else.
7. Press control-z and notice how the color change is undone, as it should
be.

Is this asymmetry by design or just a little oversight?

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi Bob,

I'm unable to duplicate this but I suspect you are encountering a time
when Ctrl + Y becomes Redo instead of Repeat. If your last action was
Undo then Ctrl + Y is Redo.

Instead of using the keyboard, try using the Edit menu for Undo and
Redo/Repeat. The caption for Redo/Repeat will change accordingly and
you may get a better idea of what is happening.

FWIW, I tend to use the F4 to repeat the last action instead of Ctrl +
Y.
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[CWatters]

Hi Bob,

I'm unable to duplicate this but

I can duplicate this and even more wierd....

Try changing the font size (instead of font color) at step 2. Then when I
press ctrl-y at step 5 it apears to repeat the words typed at step 1 ... at
least I think that's what it did.

I'm running Word 2002 on Win XP PRO. I don't think I have updated Word since
the original install (but I have updated XP)

Colin

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi Colin,

If you are pressing Ctrl + Y in step 5 then you are repeating the
Undo. IOW you are invoking the Redo command - not the Repeat command.

Although that depends on which step 5 you are referring to. ;-)
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