While selecting text in a Microsoft Word 2003 document, have you ever had the text mysteriously move to another part of the document? This is because Microsoft Word 2003 supports drag-and-drop text editing.
If you select text then drag it to a different section of the document, Word moves the text. If you drag text while holding down the CTRL key, the text is copied instead of moved to the new location.
Many people find this feature useful. However, it can result in accidental moving of entire chunks of text within a document. Thus this feature can be disabled.
1. Click "Tools", selecting "Options".
2. When the "Options" multi-tabbed dialog box appears, click the "Edit" tab.
3. Uncheck "Drag-and-drop text editing".
4. Click "OK" to save your settings.
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