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LinSims
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Community Expert
March 19, 2021
Question

Ctrl-Z performs multiple undoes

  • March 19, 2021
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Has anyone else noticed that when they use the Ctrl-Z to undo the last change, it instead undoes EVERY change made in its history? It doesn't happen every time, but it happens often enough that it is really messing with my workflow.

 

Windows 10 Pro

FM 2020, up to date

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pulkitn
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
March 20, 2021

Hi @LinSims  
What exactly are you doing, I mean what is your workflow? and what all does FrameMaker undoes and what do you expect FM to do instead?
Can you explain it a little bit more here ?

Have you tried the "Undo History " pod  (view --> Undo History ), FM undoes from this list in LIFO format  (Last in First out ).

Thanks
Pulkit Nagpal

LinSims
Community Expert
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Community Expert
March 21, 2021

The basic situation is that when I'm writing a document, I am also often editing as I go along. Sometimes I'll realize I just made a change that I don't like and I want to revert to the text I just changed, so I use Ctrl Z to reverse the last change. However, instead of reversing just the last change, FM is reversing all the changes made since the last save. Ctrl Z is only supposed to undo the last change, and that's mostly how it works. Except sometimes it doesn't.

 

The messing with my workflow mostly means that my thought processes just got derailed in a big way instead of a little one. The redo does bring back all the changes I made, but that means including the most recent change I made that I was trying to reverse, so now I have to remember what it was I wanted there because I can't simply undo the one change. Since it undoes all changes back to the last save, I could work around it by saving after every change, but that also means a break in my concentration and flow of thought out my fingers.

 

I hadn't checked that pod out because I usually only pay attention to it if there are a lot of changes to make. I suppose it's a workaround, but it takes longer than the Ctrl Z that is basically part of my muscle memory. 

pulkitn
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
March 21, 2021

Hi Lim, 

I understand but FrameMaker remembers the last sequence of character while doing the "typing " operation, It breaks the "typing " sequence by following way : 

  1. The user clicks on the document.

  2. The user switches between tabbed documents.

Further, You can see this sequence break while using the "Undo History " pod.

If you still think FM needs an improvement here, Kindly file a Tracker improvement and Vote if any other user has a similar requirement.

Thanks 
Pulkit Nagpal