[duxhelp] Re: Behavior of undo with Replace
- From: "Anita Munshi" <Anita.Munshi@xxxxxxx>
- To: <duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:18:06 -0500
I agree with that too
Anita
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Subject: [duxhelp] Re: Behavior of undo with Replace
I'd side with Joanie on this one. If I'd chosen replace all, then the undo
would undo all. But if I were stepping through the list, I'd expect undo to
only undo my last action.
Sean
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> From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter Sullivan
> Sent: March 23, 2006 2:13 PM
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> Subject: [duxhelp] Re: Behavior of undo with Replace
>
>
> Joanie,
>
> Our current Undo was implemented without detailed discussions
> of this sort.
> We worked mostly on getting it to work without destabilizing
> the program.
> Our hope was that our beta testers would notice little things
> like this and
> discuss them to build a consensus.
>
> So I'll sit back and let that happen; thanks for asking!
>
> - Peter
>
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> [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Joanmarie Diggs
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:06 PM
> To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxhelp] Behavior of undo with Replace
>
> Hi all. I do not know if this is by design or not, so I'm
> tossing it out
> there:
>
> 1. Do a find and replace for an item that appears multiple
> times in your
> document.
> 2. Do NOT choose All; instead, choose Yes each time so that each
> replacement is an individual action 3. After you complete
> the above and
> return to your document, press Control Z to undo.
>
> Expected behavior (in my mind): The last replacement -- and
> ONLY the last
> replacement -- gets undone.
> Actual behavior: Everything that was replaced gets undone
>
> The reason I expected only the last replacement to get undone
> is because
> that is how Word works. I realize that this does not mean
> that Duxbury
> should work this way as well, though there is something to be said for
> familiarity/consistency. Regardless, I can see another
> problem with the
> current implementation: All too often when I do a find and
> replace, I'm a
> little trigger happy with the Yes button. <grin> I press Yes and then
> immediately realize I should have pressed No. At that point
> what I would do
> is escape out of the dialog, fix -- or with 10.6, undo -- that last
> replacement, and then resume the find/replace. That won't
> work with the
> current implementation.
>
> Take care.
> Joanie
>
>
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