Can't drag and drop into Preview's sidebar

Most of the time that I try to drag and drop image into Preview's sidebar (OS10.5.2), it doesn't work -- no cursor, no nothin'. Strangely enough, I can open one or more of the very same images using "open" in the menu, but I can't drag them from one Preview sidebar to another or drag more images in. Even more strangely, some images (very few) DO work perfectly, and I can't find anything at all different about them -- same specs, permissions, etc. as the ones that don't work! The same images that won't work DO work in other programs, like Mail. Did permission repair, all 3rd party stuff turned off...
What else is there that I could check out?

I might be wrong, but ...
I know Microsoft Office 2011 is Mountain Lion compatible. In fact, Microsoft released updates to it right around the time of Mountain Lion's release to assure compatibility.
I do not believe Microsoft Office 2008 is Mountain Lion compatible.

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