You cannot drop text outside the document margins or below the End of
Document marker (the black underline in Normal view); that is, you cannot
drop text where there is not text already.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Mary Lynn Baum" Mary Lynn wrote in message
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Why do I get a "cannot drop in current location" message when I try to
drag
and drop text in Word? The "drag-and-drop text editing" function is
properly checked.