Microsoft KB Archive/191246

PPT4: Cannot Drag Slides in Slide Sorter View

PSS ID Number: Q191246 Article last modified on 09-23-1998

MACINTOSH:4.0

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition == Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh, version 4.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

Drag and drop functionality does not work in Slide Sorter View in Microsoft PowerPoint version 4.0.

= CAUSE =

This behavior occurs if both Microsoft Office for the Macintosh, version 4.2, and Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition are installed on the same hard disk. Microsoft Office 98 installs a newer version of the OLE Libraries. PowerPoint uses these libraries for drag and drop functionality. PowerPoint 4.0 is not compatible with the new OLE libraries.

= RESOLUTION =

You can partition your hard disk into two separate logical disks and install a version of Office on each partition. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q173936 TITLE : OFF: How to Create a Dual-boot Macintosh for Office

NOTE: This method requires that you reinitialize your hard disk and reinstall all software.

As an alternative, you can workaround this behavior and use a cut and paste operation rather than drag and drop functionality. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) Select the slide you want to move.
 * 2) Press COMMAND+C. This step cuts the selection from your presentation and pastes a copy of the slide on the Clipboard.
 * 3) On the View menu, click Slide Sorter.
 * 4) Click where you want to past the slide and then press COMMAND+V.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: OFF98 move cursor blink click drag dropping dragging moving slide sorter view slidesorter slides sorting moving ====================================================================== Keywords : kbusage Technology : ole Version : MACINTOSH:4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Hardware : MAC Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.