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To undo multiple actions at the same time, you can click the Undo arrow and then click
the earliest action you want to undo in the list. You can undo actions only in the order
in which you performed them—that is, you cannot reverse your fourth previous action
without first reversing the three actions that followed it.
Tip The number of actions you can undo is set to 20, but you can change that number by
clicking the File tab to display the Backstage view, clicking Options to display the PowerPoint
Options dialog box, clicking Advanced, and then in the Editing Options area of the Advanced
page, changing the Maximum Number Of Undos setting.
In this exercise, you’ll delete and replace words, as well as move bullet points and sub-
points on the Outline tab and on slides.SET UP You need the BuyingTripsC_start presentation located in your Chapter14
practice file folder to complete this exercise. Open the BuyingTripsC_start presen-
tation, and save it as BuyingTripsC. Then follow the steps.- On the Outline tab, in the first bullet on slide 2 , double-click the word buying.
When you select text on either the Outline tab or the slide, a small toolbar (called
the Mini Toolbar) containing options for formatting the text appears. If you ignore
the Mini Toolbar, it fades from view.
See Also For information about using the Mini Toolbar, see “Changing the Alignment,
Spacing, Size, and Look of Text” in Chapter 15, “Format Slides.”- Press the Delete key.
- In the slide 3 title, double-click Buying, and then press the Backspace key.
- In the third bullet point on slide 5 , double-click good, and then type lasting,
followed by a space.
What you type replaces the selection. Notice that the text also changes in the
Slide pane. - On slide 4 , click the bullet to the left of Know the culture.
The entire bullet point is selected, including the invisible paragraph mark at
the end.
Tip When you want to work with a bullet point or subpoint as a whole, you need to
ensure that the invisible paragraph mark at its end is included in the selection. If you
drag across the text on the slide, you might miss the paragraph mark. As a precaution,
hold down the Shift key and press End to be sure that the paragraph mark is part of
the selection.