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[Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)]

B.t.w. I don't have to use ctrl+z when going back that far. I can

Yes, the pulldown list of the "Undo"-button (NOT the "Back"-button)
makes things transparent.
But: One can only undo *ALL* the changes on the list and there is no way
to select just one single action.

Right, but I think that's what he wants - to undo all of the last 50 or
so actions. I guess that's o.k., but I still think you have to draw the
line somewhere. I guess I don't much care if it's 32 or 50 but at some
point it just gets ridiculous.


-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
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[Rainald Taesler]

Right, but I think that's what he wants - to undo all of the last 50
or so actions. I guess that's o.k., but I still think you have to
draw the line somewhere. I guess I don't much care if it's 32 or 50
but at some point it just gets ridiculous.

I'm with you!
I'd hate to *recreate* manually what has been swept away by an undo for
49 steps ...

Rainald

 

[b4l4nc3r]

That I did see and appreciate your input and involvement

 

[b4l4nc3r]

Your right about the pulldown menu of the undo button, I wasn't focused
enough while writting my that comment.

And I'm not sure what you guys mean that it will undo all the 32 actions. As
I can select how far back I want to go, and it works. I can even go back
forward if I don't edit it after going back. This way I can go back, copy and
paste somewhere else and go forward to have both versions for comparison or
double cases.

 

[b4l4nc3r]

thanks for your vote

Sure, I see where you're going with that - but remember that saving all
of that data requires storage space and resources. We can't just
iterate back through dozens or hundreds of actions otherwise it will
quickly bloat the space requirements.

So we have to draw the line somewhere...we can't just save an infinite
number of actions to undo. And, while I certainly see where you're
going with this, I really don't think most users will very often care
about more than a ~dozen undo actions at most.

I think ultimately the answer is going to be some combination of undo,
templates and maybe even just adjusting your brainstorming style to be
more sequential so that you can merely delete previous steps to work
back up the chain perhaps.

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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
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