Microsoft KB Archive/211487

= WD2000: Cannot Paste or Drag Text to Text Box =

Article ID: 211487

Article Last Modified on 12/6/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q211487





SYMPTOMS
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
The following error message appears:

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

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



CAUSE
A text box cannot contain an object (character, paragraph mark, and so on) that has an anchor for an object attached to it. Nor can it contain other text boxes, callouts, or reference marks for comments, footnotes, and endnotes. This will cause any paste or drag operation containing such objects to fail.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do not include an object that an anchor is attached to, text boxes, callouts, or reference marks for comments, footnotes, and endnotes in the selection.

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