On Mac, youll need to press+Z.

A single press of either command will undo the last action you performed.

What if youve saved your document?

Microsoft word showing the Undo command in the Quick Access Toolbar.

Then you’re able to save it after you snag your Word document where you want it.

This is where the Undocommand on the Quick Access Toolbar comes in so handy.

At the top left-hand corner is where the Quick Access Toolbar is located.

Microsoft Word showing the dropdown menu for customizing the Quick Access Toolbar.

The undo icon is a curved arrow pointing to the left.

At the toolbar, select thesmall downward pointing arrow, then selectUndo.

You should see a checkmarknext to it the next time you choose the customize menu.

Selecting More Commands.

If you don’t see Undo, selectMore Commands.

Once the dialog box opens, select theChoose commands fromdropdown box, then selectAll Commands.

Scroll down and selectUndo, then selectAdd.

The Customize Quick Access Toolbar adding a command to the toolbar.

You should now see the Undocommand on the Quick Access Toolbar.

To undo the last undoable action, launch the Quick Access Toolbar and selectUndoonce.

This lets you do a single undorather than continually undoing until you get the document just right.

Adding the Undo command to the Quick Access Toolbar.

Just like Undo, there’s a handy keyboard shortcut to save you precious time.

On Windows, just pressCtrl+Y.

For Macs, press+Y.

Selecting OK to complete the changes.

The Redo command is also used to repeat an action.

Just use the Redo shortcut.

The Repeat command will only appear if you haven’t already undone something.

The Undo command showing the history of undoable actions.

To use either command, select theRedo/Repeaticon.

You should see the last undone action reappear or repeat.

Unlike Undo, these commands do not show the action history in a dropdown menu.

The Redo command is being shown in the Quick Access Toolbar in Microsoft Word.