Paul wrote: >> >> >> My question: In a spreadsheet, I cannot undo. If I accidentally enter >>> information into a cell that already has information, I cannot undo and >>> retrieve the original contents. It is lost forever. I have to exit >>> without >>> saving changes just to open up again to find out what used to be there. >>> Why >>> have an undo button that doesn't work? Makes working with OO very >>> unnerving. Is it because I am using a Mac? >>> >>> >> >> Ah. Mac. Don't know about Macs but I can't imagine it's different, in >> this respect anyway, from Windows or Linux (both of which I use >> regularly). The Undo function is available under the Edit menu. You can >> put its button on >> the Tool bar by using View>Toolbars>Customise>Standard and then >> scrolling down to the Undo button whose icon is a yellow curved arrow >> with its head pointing to the left. Select the icon and click Add. You >> can move the icon left/right on the toolbar by clicking the up/down arrow >> next to the list of icons. When you are happy, click OK. There's also a >> Redo function whose icon is a green curved arrow with its head pointing >> to the right. Same procedure if you want. >> > > > Your main question seems to center around the fact that the information is > lost when cell contents are overwritten. > > On all the versions that I've used (various OS) the undo button *does* > restore the previous cell contents just fine. Perhaps it is just a 'mac' > thing. > > I'll let others on the list that utilise OOo on Mac's confirm/deny this - > but the correct behaviour certainly occurs on windows/linux from my > experience. > > /paul > Hmm. Interesting. If I click on a cell (with content) highlighting it and type something else then I can't restore the original contents without reentering them manually. If I use the formula bar and replace the contents there, then the undo button does work. I'm using 3.1.0 linux version. cheers, jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ Please do not send me copies of list mail. I read the lists. Thanks!
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