Drag and drop problems in iPhoto 6

iPhoto won't allow me to drag and drop groups of pictures from my library to my albums. Only one photo at a time. This is getting very frustrating, anyone know why? Is there anything I can do? Thanks in advance.

Michelle --
Here's a great FAQ by Kurt Lang on fonts in OS X.
As one who tried "cleaning out system fonts" a couple years ago,
and completely disabled the most important ones, this FAQ saved me from further distruction.
http://www.jklstudios.com/misc/osxfonts.html

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In the attached file, I have a series of symbols that have a drag and drop command to change colour at different sections of a bullseye, and that are also text editable (html).
However, some of the symbols get stuck and will not be moved after moving once or at all, and some get stuck once their text has been edited.
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File here:
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// deleted yepnope since you load with scropt loading
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{'x':-9,'y':806},
{'x':27,'y':854},
{'x':72,'y':894},
{'x':71,'y':934},
{'x':231,'y':811},
{'x':231,'y':853},
{'x':231,'y':894},
{'x':231,'y':934},
{'x':388,'y':811},
{'x':388,'y':852},
{'x':388,'y':893},
{'x':388,'y':934},
{'x':543,'y':811},
{'x':543,'y':853},
{'x':543,'y':893},
{'x':543,'y':934}
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Subject: Re: Pls Help! Drag and Drop problem, identical symbols acting differently - same code! WHY?

[svn] 3336: Fix an AIR drag and drop problem.

Revision: 3336
Author: [email protected]
Date: 2008-09-24 12:24:27 -0700 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)
Log Message:
Fix an AIR drag and drop problem.
QE: YES
Doc:
Checkintests: Yes
Reviewer: pfarland
Bugs: SDK-17006
Ticket Links:
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-17006
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I was able to make a smart album that would move photos over based on the conditions I set. But I can't drag and drop.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. In case there is an access problem with some of those files try the following: download and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown here, substituting your account name for mine. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field. See if that will help.
The reason I'm thinking an access problem, you can do an edit and move the modified version which it creates and would have the correct access. Worth a try anyway.
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Hello all, i'm a new member here, and i just installed Adobe Flash Professional CS6 on my computer. I want to make a simple quiz with drag and drop feature in it. I want to drag Square A (Square_1) from the first position marked with "STAR" into the white square (Target_1), i've already made the script, but everytime i drop the square A on the white square (Target_1), it won't fit exactly on the white square (Target_1). I use this script to make drag and drop with target working :
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if A and that white square both had reg points in their centers or both at the upper left, you would not have a problem. as it is with the white square with upper left reg point and A with center reg point, you can use:
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