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WD: How To Disable the Undo Function in Word

Article ID: 142751

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Word 6.0a
  • Microsoft Word 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
  • Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
  • Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Word 95a



This article was previously published under Q142751

SUMMARY

This article provides a macro to turn off the Undo feature in Word.

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Create the following macro and name it EditUndo so that it replaces the built-in Undo feature of Word. The macro turns off Undo and displays a message box stating that this function has been temporarily disabled.

NOTE: To restore the Undo feature, rename or delete this macro.

   Sub MAIN
      MsgBox "This function has been temporarily disabled", 16
   End Sub
                


Additional query words: basic edit stack turn off

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