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Undo? Why can't I undo something?

Anonymous
2018-03-29T05:17:59+00:00

Hi,

I was trying to copy a word document and insert it into another word document. When I did it, I remember it asking cannot undo which I thought was strange but after it pasted it to the document I wanted it added it, it not only moved things around but I cannot undo it. How can I get back to undoing or get back to the previous last version before I added it? Please help

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Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 436K Reputation points
2018-03-29T12:57:31+00:00

If you have not Saved the document you should be able to Close it without saving the changes in order to retain only what it contained prior to the last save.

Just speculating based on lack of detailed information: Your use of the term "edit protected" suggests that you may have done this in a Windows version of the program. If so, it's quite possible that you used protection settings which are not provided in Mac Word.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-03-29T07:16:03+00:00

    Thanks for your reply..

    I was copying from another word document that I had set to be edit protected, hope that helps

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  2. Stefan Blom 342.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-03-29T07:00:47+00:00

    What did you copy/paste, exactly? Some actions can't be undone in Word, but a usual copy/paste operation shouldn't be one of them.

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