On Fri August 11 2006 15:04, + Philip Bentley wrote:
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> I am using OO v2.0 on Windows XP on a newish PC (shop demo - Advance) and
> can drag and drop in Writer with no problem.
>
> My wife bought her new XP operating laptop (IPC Multimedia) at about the
> same time (early this year) from the same local shop - Sussex - and cannot;
> dragging just enlarges the highlight but doesn't move the selected text.
>
> Returned to the shop the assistant installed OO v2.0 on another PC to
> ascertain the correct operation of Dr&Dr, then uninstalled OO v2.0 on the
> laptop and reinstalled it from the same file as the PC - it wouldn't Drag
> and Drop!! either with the touch pad or a mouse.
>
> I am flummoxed. Is it an installation problem or a laptop problem?
>
> At the same time she has been having corrupt text appearing on her document
> - curiously compacted text letters inserting at different places from the
> insertion cursor.
>
> Would installing OO v 2.0.3 solve this and do I need to uninstall the
> earlier v2.0?
Hi Philip,
It's possible that the option to enable this was activated. have a look at
the status bar at the bottom of the Writer window and you will see a "STD".
In this mode you will be able to do standard selecitons and drag and drops. By
clicking on STD you will change the mode to EXTend and ADD. I think that your
wife may have inadvertently changed this mode.
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