Making Corrections

Everyone makes mistakes and changes their mind at some point, especially when creating or revising a document. With Word you can instantly correct typing errors by pressing a key. You can also reverse more complicated actions, such as typing an entire word, formatting a paragraph, or creating a chart. With the Undo button, if you change your mind, you can just as easily click the Redo button to restore the action you reversed .

Undo or Redo an Action

• Click the Undo button to reverse your most recent action, such as typing a word, formatting a paragraph, or creating a chart.

  TIMESAVER Press Ctrl+Z to undo.

• Click the Redo button to restore the last action you reversed.

  TIMESAVER Press Ctrl+Y to redo your undo.

• Click the Undo button list arrow, and then select the consecutive actions you want to reverse.

• Click the Redo button list arrow, and then select the consecutive actions you want to restore.

  

  

Did You Know?

You can use Undo to reverse an AutoCorrect change . To reverse an AutoCorrect change, click the Undo button on the Standard toolbar as soon as AutoCorrect makes the change.

Correct Typing Errors Using the Keyboard

To Delete	Press
One character at a time to the left of the insertion point	Backspace
One word at a time to the left of the insertion point	Ctrl+Backspace
One character at a time to the right of the insertion point	Delete
One word at a time to the right of the insertion point	Ctrl+Delete
Selected text	Backspace or Delete