Bob asked:
I love the fact that I can undo multiple times in InDesign, but sometimes I want to undo a bunch of stuff all in one fell swoop. Why doesn’t InDesign have a History palette like Photoshop?
Why Adobe didn’t give us a History palette is a question for the oracle. How to deal with this limitation is a question of finding the right third-party developer. If you want a palette, check out DTP Tools’ History plug-in or 65bit Software’s EasyHistory plug-in. They’re both relatively inexpensive and offer cool features like taking snapshots of your document in any current state.
65bit also ofers a free plug-in called MultiDo, bu tit uses a menu instead of a panel (more awkward, but the cost is right).
Note that we also talked about these and many other cool plug-ins back in Episode 72. Also, if you’re looking for something that will record the history of who worked on your document (and that sort of log information), check out the free Rorohiko HistoryLog.
This article was last modified on September 6, 2023
This article was first published on July 22, 2008
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