Dragging clips

I have FCP 7 and I have a really basic question.  How can I turn on the capability to drag a clip straight from the viewer into my timeline, as in set the in and out points, and then just click on the actual image and drag the clip down to the timeline?  I have no idea how to turn this action on.
Thanks for any help

If you are doing what Ms. Rodriguez says and it still does not work, make sure you have the canvas set to "Image" and not "Image + Wireframe" as the latter will not allow you to drag the contents of the viewer to timeline.
MtD

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