Drag and Drop not working Office 365 - Word

Anonymous
2016-03-08T03:02:00+00:00

Several community discussions on this topic, but I can't find a good answer!  Microsoft, does Word 365 support drag and drop?  If so, how do I fix my system?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-03-05T18:36:22+00:00

    The problem has been resolved. Issue was to reload 64 bit version of Office 365.

    Thank you everyone!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-03-01T14:06:16+00:00

    It happens to me in Word and Outlook for sure, also in Excel, I think. 

    The solution for me has been simply to hit ESC and it begins to work again.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-02-08T19:27:39+00:00

    I had the same issue in Office 365. It affected drag and drop text in Word and affected dragging email addresses in Outlook among other instances. 

    In Word, I went to the Options>Advanced>Editing Options and the "Allow text to be dragged and dropped" option was active. On a hunch, a deactivated it, and reactivated it and it solved the problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-08-23T18:45:15+00:00

    yes... it turns out you cannot drag and drop with the cross-reference dialog box open. this decreases productivity...

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-03-18T15:14:08+00:00

    Also, it does not work in all the other office apps; Excel and Outlook email.

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