Microsoft KB Archive/184243

= OL98: Unable to Use Drag and Drop with Plain Text Message =

Article ID: 184243

Article Last Modified on 8/13/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition

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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.



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.

Additional query words: cut

Keywords: kbbug kbinterop kbpending KB184243

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