WD: Drag and Drop Disabled with Modeless Dialog Box Active
Article ID: 118480
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q118480
SYMPTOMS
Drag-and-drop editing is disabled when a modeless dialog box is on the
screen. The mouse pointer changes to a circle with a slash through it if
you attempt to drag and drop while the modeless dialog box is open.
(NOTE: "Modeless" means that while the dialog is on the screen, you can
click in the text area and continue editing.)
STATUS
We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
WORKAROUND
Close the modeless dialog box before performing drag-and-drop editing.
MORE INFORMATION
One of the enhancements to Word 6.0 for Windows is that many of the dialog
boxes are modeless. Examples of these dialog boxes are the Edit Find, Edit
Goto, and Spelling dialog boxes.
If a modeless dialog box is on the screen, then drag-and-drop editing is
not allowed. To indicate that the feature is temporarily unavailable, the
mouse pointer arrow changes to a circle with a slash through the middle
when you attempt a drag-and-drop action. As soon as the dialog box is
closed, drag-and-drop editing is available again.
REFERENCES
"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, page 41
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