Never been a problem for me. Click - drag to select wanted text (remains highlited after I let go of the mouse button), then single click again on the highlighted area and drag to the desktop. No problem. Am I missing something? On 2/9/03 12:15 PM, "TheMacintoshLady" <TheMacintoshLady at earthlink.net> wrote: > Anyone figured out how to drag and drop text to the desktop yet? Or can > this even be done? Bill Reburn