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Q168811: WD97: Cannot Paste or Drag Text to Text Box

Article: Q168811
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a,97; winnt:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbusage winword word97
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
- Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c 
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a 
- Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to paste or drag text into a text box, the following symptoms
may occur

Copying and Pasting Text into a Text Box
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You receive the following error message:

  You cannot put drawing objects into a text box, callout, comment, footnote,
  or endnote.

Dragging Text to a Text Box
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Nothing happens after you release the mouse button.

CAUSE
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This problem occurs when you copy and paste a selection that contains an entire
paragraph that includes an object anchor.

You may experience this problem if either of the following conditions are true:

- The text you are attempting to place into a text box includes either a text
  box, callout, comment, footnote, or endnote.

  -or-

- The anchor of the object is part of the text selection.

When you insert a text box into a document, Word anchors the text box to the
first character in a paragraph.

When you drag a selection that contains the first character of a paragraph to
which an object is anchored, the selected text will not be moved or copied to
the text box, and no error message is given.


WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this problem, do not select the anchor when you select a text
box, callout, comment, footnote, endnote.

Copying and Pasting Text into a Text Box
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If you select an entire paragraph containing an object anchor, do not include the
paragraph mark in the selection.

Dragging Text to a Text Box
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If you drag a selection containing an object anchor, do not include the first
character of the paragraph in the selection.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbusage winword word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbWord700Search kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbWord600 kbWord600a kbWord600c kbWord700 kbWord600NT kbWord700a
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a,97; winnt:6.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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