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What causes the maximum number of undos you can do in Word and Outlook email messages? Can I change this?
I noticed in PowerPoint, there's an option to change the Maximum Number of Undos, but not in Word. I have also found that when I'm using my laptop at home, I'm limited to about 20 undos. On my work computer it almost seems as if I'm unlimited, but another person in my company is limited to only 5 undos in his Word and Outlook messages.
If anyone has an explanation, that would be helpful.
Thanks!
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The size of the undo stack in Word is only limited by the available resources (i.e. memory). So if your computer has more memory, you'll be able to undo more actions. If you have many memory-hungry applications running simultaneously, you'll be able to undo fewer actions.
Even on systems really struggling for resources I've always found the Undo stack virtually unlimited unless cleared by an action such as closing the document or protecting/unprotecting a form.