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Learn how to undo, redo, or revert changes in InDesign, and use the History panel to view and manage the state of your design.
Easily manage document changes with undo and redo commands in InDesign, or use the History panel to view, revise, and navigate through your document's states.
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Undo and Redo edits
The Undo and Redo options let you reverse or reapply changes in the document, helping you correct mistakes as you work. You can't undo or redo changes after you reopen a document.
To undo or redo, select Edit > Undo (Ctrl/Cmd + Z) or Edit > Redo (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + Z).
Revert to the last saved version
You can also revert (File > Revert) a file to the last saved version. However, the Revert option doesn't work if you reopen the file or document.
Manage document states using the History panel
You can use the History panel to jump to any recent state of the document you created during the current working session in InDesign. Each time you make changes to the document, your actions are added as new states to the History panel.
Follow the steps below to open and use the History panel:
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To load the History panel, you need to save the document.
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To redo a specific change, select the state or select Step Forward from the History panel menu .
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To undo a specific change, select the state or select Step Backward from the History panel menu .
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To create a new document from the selected state, select the state and select History panel. This opens a new, unsaved document in a new tab in InDesign, without retaining the history states of the previous document.
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To delete a specific state, select the state and select History panel. This deletes the state and all subsequent states below it.
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To remove all the states from the History panel without changing the document, select Clear History from the History panel menu .
A. History panel menu B. Create a new document C. Delete
- You can use the History panel menu to delete a specific state, clear the document's history, or create a new document from the selected state.
- You can select the state in the History panel and right-click to delete or create a new document.
Things to keep in mind
- Application-based changes, such as changes to panels, color settings, actions, and preferences, are not reflected in the History panel because they are not changes to a particular document.
- The History panel saves up to the previous 25000 states. The older states are automatically removed from the History panel if they exceed the limit.
- When you close and reopen the document, all states are cleared from the panel from the last working session.
- By default, selecting a state and then changing the design eliminates all states that come after it.
- The Delete and Clear History actions are irreversible.
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