CTRL+Z Undo: The Keyboard Shortcut You Can’t Do Without
There is one keyboard shortcut that everyone should know about: the universal UNDO keyboard sequence: CTRL+Z (Command+Z on the Mac).
CTRL+Z ([CTRL]-key and Z-key pressed at the same time) undoes your previous edit. Multiple CTRL+Z’s will undo multiple edits and can even restore a document to an older revision, if it was changed during the same session. It works in almost every application…text editors, graphics editors, and even in games.
I thought it was a no-brainer that everyone knew about CTRL+Z until I had a recent encounter with a young relative who was struggling to recreate a project that she had accidentally erased before saving. A few “command+Z”s (on MacBook) and the document was back and I was a hero. Read more…