WD97: Cannot Drag from Word to Another Program
Article ID: 196555
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q196555
SYMPTOMS
When you try to drag text or graphics from Microsoft Word to another
program, the selection does not move to the other program.
CAUSE
The drag-and-drop feature works only if the destination program supports
OLE 2.0. If the program supports an earlier version of OLE, or if it does
not support OLE at all, you cannot perform drag-and-drop editing between
Word and that program. If you try to drag a selection to a program that
does not support OLE 2.0, the operation does not occur.
The following Microsoft applications support OLE 2.0:
Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0
Microsoft Excel 5.0 and later for Windows and Macintosh
Microsoft Word 6.0 and later for Windows and Macintosh
MORE INFORMATION
It is more obvious in Microsoft Word for Windows when a program does not
support OLE 2.0, because the pointer changes to a "not permitted" symbol
when you drag an object into a program that does not support OLE 2.0.
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