Can't drag selected text

[Judy Chucker]

When I select text in my word document, occasionally Word won't let me drag
that text. Instead, it just continues to select the text that my cursor
crosses. A Microsoft tech once told me to go to my Finder and remove a
couple items. I think one of them was "Normal". It would work every time.
However, I've tried removing "Normal" this time and nothing changes. I've
also run the "repair disk permissions", restarted the computer, etc. (I have
a Mac OX 10.4.7, and Word 11.2.3) I can still drag text in my Entourage
program.

Thank you!

Judy

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

After you select the text are you letting up on the left mouse then
selecting what is highlighted...or are you continuing to drag?


| When I select text in my word document, occasionally Word won't let me
drag
| that text. Instead, it just continues to select the text that my cursor
| crosses. A Microsoft tech once told me to go to my Finder and remove a
| couple items. I think one of them was "Normal". It would work every time.
| However, I've tried removing "Normal" this time and nothing changes. I've
| also run the "repair disk permissions", restarted the computer, etc. (I
have
| a Mac OX 10.4.7, and Word 11.2.3) I can still drag text in my Entourage
| program.
|
| Thank you!
|
| Judy
|

 

[Judy Chucker]

I'm letting up on the mouse and re-clicking.

 

[Beth Melton]

It could be you are accidentally turning on Extend Selection mode. If
that's the case you should "EXT" appear in the status bar and you can
double-click it to turn it off. At least that's case on a PC - I'm not
sure about a Mac.

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