WD: Drag and Drop Between Programs Does Not Work

• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
• Microsoft Word for Windows, version, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you try to drag-and-drop 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 simply does not occur.

The following Microsoft applications support OLE 2.0:

   Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0
   Microsoft Excel 5.0 and later for both 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 mouse pointer changes to a "not permitted" symbol when you drag an object into a program that does not support OLE 2.0.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, Document number WB60460-0794, pages 43-44