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Cannot Drag Text from Internet Explorer to WordPad

Article ID: 135976

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Plus! 95 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q135976

SYMPTOMS

If you drag a text selection from Internet Explorer to WordPad, the selected text does not appear in WordPad.

CAUSE

You can only drag Rich Text Format (RTF) clipboard-format information into WordPad. Internet Explorer exports information in CF_TEXT format.

RESOLUTION

Instead of dragging the selection from Internet Explorer to WordPad, select the text in Internet Explorer, and then click Copy on the Edit menu. In WordPad, click Paste on the Edit menu to paste the text.

STATUS

This issue is resolved in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and later versions of Internet Explorer.

MORE INFORMATION

Although WordPad cannot accept information in CF_TEXT format, it indicates that it can by changing the mouse pointer to show that the information will be accepted (indicated by a rectangle and a plus sign (+) at the bottom of the mouse pointer).

Keywords: KB135976