Error Msg: "You Cannot Put Drawing Objects into a Text Box..."

Article ID: Q120088
Creation Date: 31-AUG-1994
Revision Date: 10-SEP-1996

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a

Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When you try to drag-and-drop text into a text box in Word version 6.0, nothing appears in the text box.

If you copy the entire paragraph and then try to paste the text in the text box, you will receive the message "You cannot put drawing objects into a text box, callout, annotation, footnote, endnote, or macro."

CAUSE

This occurs when you are copying or dragging a paragraph that contains the text box's anchor.

RESOLUTION

Select the text of the paragraph but do not include the paragraph mark itself. From the Edit menu, choose Cut. Move the insertion point into the text box. From the Edit menu, choose Paste.

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