Is there no 'Undo' button in Photoshop CS3 ?

Hello again, and thank you for your time.
So far I'm only finding 2 choices:
1. Edit>Undo (for a single undo action)
2. Ctrl+Z (for multiple undo actions)
I'm not a fan of searching the keyboard for short cuts if I can just
click on the screen. (Ctrl+Z=pain in the *** for me)
Is there a button available?
A 'back' or 'undo' button?
I bet CS4 has one . . . should have waited for CS4 . . .
Thanks again for the help,
Brad

Hello everybody!
I wrote an on-screen 'undo' button for Photoshop which you can download from (and read the details regarding) here. . .
http://www.iboxpublishing.com/index_on-screen-undo-button-for-photoshop.php#top_of_news
I wrote it because, while Ctrl-Alt-Z works, if you happen to be working on a Tablet PC screen, (as I am these days), then it is very handy to have a little button you can tap on-screen with the stylus to undo the last action in Photoshop. It's an intuitive and sensible tool.
The button is tested in WinXP and should work in later versions of Windows, and I've posted both the .exe as well as the script (for AutoHotKey) in which I've written full explanations using language designed for non-programmers, (ahem, artists), so that you can easily understand how the button works and how you can change it to suit your own needs and tastes.
As popularity of the Digital Drafting Board increases, (draw-on-the-screen-tablets, that is), tools like this one are going to be increasingly useful. Until somebody comes along and writes a proper on-screen interactive (and programmable) tool set, artists are going to have to make do with what we can cobble together on our own. I've found this tool very useful, (I use it every day), and so perhaps it might also benefit others out there.
Hope that helps!
-Mark Oakley

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