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Undo does not work properly on deleted text, it only deletes one character at a time instead of whole block

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
January 11, 2018
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I am on a Mac and this is a problem with InDesign 2018.

If you backspace delete two or more characters from text, undo (Ctrl+Z) only restores one character at a time instead of the whole block that was deleted in that action.

Undo works fine InDesign 2017, and it works fine in Word and other apps.

I have tried deleting InDesign preferences and caches and even reinstalled it with import previous prefereces unchecked, but the problem remains, and I cannot find any solution. Can someone please help?

I am on a Macbook Air now running High Sierra 10.13.2 (but problem was stlll there in previous versions of OSX).

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Jodie Lapchick

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THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE for me too!!! IF I TYPE IN A LONG WORD AND CHANGE MY MIND, I NOW HAVE TO DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE or go to my mouse and highlight it. Undo made a ton more sense before. Like it still is in all other applications.

I can't find anything about how to deal with it!

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Hi Jodie:

I understand your frustration but this is a community forum staffed by volunteers who do not work for Adobe. Two options when you type in a long word and change your mind:

Tap Cmd+BackspaceDel (Mac) or Ctrl+Del (Win)—second to last row in the table I posted above
Put in a feature request here to restore the earlier behavior: Adobe InDesign Feedback

~Barb

Edit 3/8/16: Corrected Mac shortcut to Cmd+Del.

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Jodie Lapchick

Participant

Thanks, Barb. I tried playing with CNTL+Delete (actually command+delete) and I will see if it solves my problem. Maybe it will. Meanwhile I posted it under bugs AND features. Thanks!!

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Sarah, you are correct.

Mac OS X 10.12.6

InDesign CC 2018 13.0.1

If I highlight a selection, and press Delete, the entire selection is removed. Edit > Undo restores the entire selection.

If I press Delete repeatedly to delete one character at a time, Edit > Undo restores one character at a time.

InDesign CC 2017 12.1.0.56

If I highlight a selection, and press Delete, the entire selection is removed. Edit > Undo restores the entire selection.

If I press Delete repeatedly to delete one character at a time, Edit > Undo restores the entire selection.

You can report this new behavior here, with a request to return to the old behavior:

Adobe InDesign Feedback

If you come back afterwards and post the link, others with the same question will see it, and can follow the link to vote it up.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Barb,

thank you very much to point out the differences.
Now I can follow our OP Sarah with her problem.

But: I would not vote to change the behavior back to what we see with InDesign CC 2017.

Regards,
Uwe

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SarahBJAuthor

Participating Frequently

Thanks for replying, Uwe.

I must admit, I cannot see any advantage in the change at all, and in my job it is proving very time-consuming. The way it was before was much easier for me.

Best,

Sarah

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Laubender

Community Expert

Hi Sarah,

I cannot see the issue with my version of InDesign CC 2018 13.0.1.207 on Mac OS X 10.11.6 (German).

Regards,
Uwe

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