Redo operation with key F4

[Dessalles]

The redo operation (by pressing F4) was a highly useful and clever operation
of the previous version of Word. It is completely faulty with Word 2003.
For instance: replace a word by typing another one. Then select another word
and press F4. The first letter of the replacing word is missing !

Couldn't you restore the previous algorithm, which was perfect in Word 2000
(note: it never worked with PowerPoint).

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[Cooz]

Hi Dessalles,

I do not miss any letters when I carry out the actions you describe. It
looks like something is wrong with your instance of Word.
Try this on another machine with Word 2003 installed, and see for yourself.

Good luck,
Cooz

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, Dessalles is correct. If you type over another Word (using the "Typing
replaces selection" feature), Word regards this as two actions: the first
letter is a replacement, and the rest is typing. If you press F4, only the
second is repeated. Worse still, many actions that used to be repeatable
(such as table formatting and toolbar dropdown selections) are no longer
repeatable in Word 2003/2004. The most annoying deficiciency is in the Table
Properties dialog, but at least this can be worked around by using the old
Table Cell Height and Width dialog, as described in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TablePropProbs.htm.

Hi Dessalles,

I do not miss any letters when I carry out the actions you describe. It
looks like something is wrong with your instance of Word.
Try this on another machine with Word 2003 installed, and see for yourself.

Good luck,
Cooz

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...6&dg=microsoft.public.word.application.errors

 

[Cooz]

Hi Suzanne,

If Dessalles is correct, then why does it work like it should in my copies
of Word (I have both a Dutch and an English version of Word 2003 - not on the
same machine)?

For once something that works fine appears to be the bug

Cooz

 

[Cooz]

Me again...

What I do, is select a Word, type ploe and press F4. ploe gets inserted a
second time, directly after the first instance. It reads ploeploe now.

Great function.

Cooz

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, I get "ploeloe," and the Undo list shows Typing "loe" and Typing "p"
as two separate steps. This may have to do with the Edit Options setting for
"When selecting, automatically select entire word," which I have disabled.

 

[Cooz]

Hi Suzanne,

fyi:
I get ploeploe, whether this box is checked or cleared.
My Undo list shows Typing and Typing "ploe".

Cooz

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But you're not using an English version of Word, right? Perhaps they got it
right in the Dutch version?

 

[Cooz]

Hi Suzanne,

I've tested this in both the English and Dutch versions of Word 2003. The
behavior is the same. I get ploeploe, my Undo list shows Typing and Typing
"ploe", and it doesn't matter whether the "When selecting, automatically
select entire word" -box is checked or cleared.

Cooz

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What is the version number shown in Help | About Microsoft Office Word? Mine
is 11.6568.6568.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Just a note, I have the same version and show the same behavior (replace and
type treated as separate actions).
I also checked to see if the "select entire word" option made a difference
and it does not.
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[Cooz]

Hi Suzanne,

The version number of my Dutch Word copy is 11.6502.6360, and the version
number of my English Word copy is 11.5604.5606.

Getting any further?
Cooz

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Clearly, you have not applied all the available updates to your English
copy.

 

[Cooz]

Of course not... if I had done that, F4 wouldn't function properly any
longer!

But you are right. And I hesitate to do so now, for obvious reasons - well,
for one big obvious reason.

Cooz

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There are doubtless other advantages to be gained that might outweigh that
small disadvantage.

 

[Dan]

Has anyone found the cause of this problem? I am running version
11.6568.6568 and cannot duplicate it but a client is having this problem
(running the same version)and would like to know how to correct it. I have
tried to eliminate any differences in our 'Tools=>Options" settings and have
not found the cause.

Dan

 

[Dan]

The cause must be one of the Office Updates as I installed them on my machine
and now I have this error. I had not installed any of the Office Updates
prior to today. Doesn't Microsoft know of this issue that they introduced
and have a fix for it?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What operation are you trying to repeat?

 

[Dan]

I typed over an existing phrase and used F4 to patse the word I had just
typed, it pasted everything except for the first letter. If I type 'Junk'
over 'greetings' and then hit F4 I have Junkunk instead of JunkJunk.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That behavior is by design. Annoying, but by design. If you look at the Undo
list, you'll see that such an operation is actually divided into two steps:
Typing "J" and Typing "unk." This is because the when you type the first
letter, you are replacing the existing text, and the rest is considered
additional typing.