Excel 2003 REDO Button

[L J Leovic]

Cannot seem to get the REDO button in an enabled status. Remains greyed out
while UNDO works normally. Anyone have an idea why, Please?
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L J Leovic

[Edwin Tam]

This is a very interesting question. And you have really good observation. :>

Excel has two functions:
1) REPEAT
2) REDO

They're different.

When you did something, you can press the command Ctrl+Y to repeat the
previous step. However, the REDO button remains inactive most of the time.
Why? Because you haven't UNDO something.

The REDO button is to REDO a step you just UNDO.

So, let's do a simple test.
1) Type something in some cells.
2) Select one cell. Right-click. Choose Clear Content.
3) Select another cell. Press Ctrl+Y to repeat.
4) Observe the REDO button still inactive.
5) Now, press Ctrl+Z to undo.
6) Observe the REDO button. Now you can REDO the previous UNDO step!!

Regards,
Edwin Tam
edwintam@vonixx.com
http://www.vonixx.com


"L J Leovic" wrote:

> Cannot seem to get the REDO button in an enabled status. Remains greyed out
> while UNDO works normally. Anyone have an idea why, Please?
> --
> L J Leovic