Increasing the Number of Undos
By Bruce Lewis and Susan Horiuchi
Bruce Lewis is vice president of publishing for Payne Consulting Group and serves as
project
manager and co-writer for new books and other publications by Payne.
Lewis also creates
companion manuals for all Payne software products, including
Metadata, Forms and
Numbering Assistants.
Susan Horiuchi is vice president of training for Payne Consulting Group. Horiuchi
holds many
product certifications and has more than 10 years of experience working
in a law firm environment
in addition to her tenure at Payne. She has extensive project management experience, leads the
Payne team of international trainers and is a speaker at technical conferences.
If you make a mistake while editing a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or simply want to make a change, you can undo the last several actions by pressing “Ctrl+Z” or choosing “Undo” from the “Edit” menu. However, unlike Word, PowerPoint is set up to make only a limited number of changes — 20 by default. Sometimes having a limited amount of undos isn’t enough. Because PowerPoint files generally are more graphic intensive and thus larger in size, the memory needed to create a larger “Undo” stack also is much greater. If you do need that extra cushion, you can change the “Undo” setting to allow for up to 150 undos.
- From the “Tools” menu, choose “Options” and click on the “Edit” tab in the dialog box.
- Under “Undo,” change the “Maximum number of undos” value from 20 to as high as 150.
Be aware that if you change the undo value to 150, the higher setting might cause PowerPoint to eat up more of your available memory. It might be better to start with fewer undos — around 50 or 60 — to see how your computer responds.
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Bump up the maximum number of
undos to give yourself more protection.
