OL98: Unable to Use Drag and Drop with Plain Text Message (184243)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 98
This article was previously published under Q184243

SYMPTOMS

You cannot drag text from a Microsoft Outlook 98 e-mail message formatted as plain text into another Outlook message, regardless of its message format, or into a Microsoft Word 97 document, a Microsoft WordPad document, or into a Microsoft Notepad file.

NOTE: This symptom may also occur with other programs.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Outlook 98.

MORE INFORMATION

You can use drag-and-drop editing to copy text from an Outlook message that uses the Microsoft Rich Text or HTML message format.

REFERENCES

For more information about using your mouse, type mouse in the Office Assistant, click Search, and then click to view "Use the mouse to move around."

For more information about key combinations, type shortcut keys in the Office Assistant, click Search, and then click to view "Use shortcut keys to move around."

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use any of the following methods:

  • Select the text you want, and use the Copy and Paste commands on the Edit menu, use the shortcut menu which appears when you right-click the text, or use key combinations (CTRL+C and CTRL+V).
  • In the open plain text message, click Reply on the Actions menu, and on the Format menu in the reply message, click Rich Text (HTML). You can now drag text to another message or document.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/13/1999
Keywords:kbbug kbinterop KB184243
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