I'm having the same problem. I get the "no" symbol when I drag selected
text. I am not allowed to drop the text into other text. This began
sometime last week, and has metastasized such that all new word documents
forbid drag-and-drop. I don't know what option I might have changed to cause
this.
I can cut-and-paste or copy-and-paste text just fine. The drag-and-drop box
in Tools/Options/Edit is checked. Unchecking it does not fix the problem,
but does make it so that I can't drag text.
I'm using Word 2003 SP2 on Windows XP Home Edition version 5.1.2600 with SP2
Build 2600.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Jon
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
In general, you can drag text only into areas where there is already text;
you can't drag it outside the margins or beyond the end-of-document marker.
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"GMc" wrote in message
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Your initial post is a couple of months old, but I am suddenly having the
same problem - not able to drag/drop text. In fact, the "no" symbol
(circle
with slash through it) appears as soon as I try to drag. Suzanne, to
answer
your ?s, yes, the Drag-and-drop text editing option is selected. And no,
I
am not trying to drag a field; just plain old text.
FWIW, I'm able to drag-drop in Powerpoint and Outlook, and in this browser
field.
I am using Word 2003, SP2 on Windows XP Professional 5.1, SP2.
Thanks anyone for any help. I like to use drag/drop frequently!
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GMc
Phoenix
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Do you have "Drag-and-drop text editing" checked on the Edit tab of
Tools |
Options? Is the text the result of a field (such as IncludeText)?
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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"obslady" wrote in message
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All of a sudden, whenever I try to drag and drop text in a Word 2003
document,
a line appears under the text and it won't move. I don't know what
I've
done
to cause this - anyone have any ideas?