Dragging-and-Dropping Within a Office Document
There are many options for moving or copying objects using drag-and-drop. Text sections, drawing objects, graphics, form controls, hyperlinks, cell ranges, and many more can be moved or copied with the mouse.
Note that the mouse pointer displays a plus sign when copying and an arrow when creating a link or hyperlink.
| Mouse Pointer | Description |
|---|---|
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Moving |
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Copying |
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Creating a link |
If you press Ctrl or Shift+Ctrl while releasing the mouse button, you can control whether the object is copied, moved, or a link is created.
If you drag objects out of the Navigator, you can specify in the sub-menu of the Navigator's Drag Mode icon whether to copy the object, insert it as a link or insert it as a hyperlink.
You can cancel a drag-and-drop operation in Office at any time by pressing the Esc key before releasing the mouse button.