I cannot tap and drag to select text in Word

All of sudden, I cannot tap and drag to select text I want to move or edit in Word. Not sure what I did to make it stop working. Please advise....

"aimbdd" - Thanks very much for your feedback.... That feature you have verified simply disappears with the "new" Multi-touch Trackpad which was first introduced with the early-2008 MacBook Pro, and, which was also carried over from the iPhone...
The alternative is that you employ the "Mouse Button" or, in this case, the "Track Pad Button" to restore the feature...
"Will K." - So, the late-2008 MacBook Pro DOES have a button, which you need to "click".
When you say "Hold" you mean that you need to hold down that "button" ...
Now, if I understand it correctly, the top surface of the button IS the track pad. That's rather odd!!!
What happens if you release the button? Or, do you HAVE to hold the button down some how while you take the cursor to the end of your selection? If so, what would you hold it down with if the top surface of the button is the touch sensitive track pad????
In my opinion, the track pad BUTTON is redundant when you select the various tapping options for the track pad from the preferences, which was also possible on the Powerbook G4 ....
So, with the new MacBook Pro, which way are we going, forward or backward?

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I have previously been working on CorelDraw and have now moved over to AI again.
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I use Word 2010, and when I select text it is always blue, is there a way to change the color?
My earlier posting was an error.
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Hey everyone! First time posting here so apologies if my post sucks! :P
Normally on a touchpad, you can double tap, hold your finger down on the second tap, and move the finger around to drag windows and highlight text. This doesn't seem to work on my touchpad.
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Hi,
Please first verify the activation status of your Microsoft Office.
If your Microsoft Office is activated, please try to start Outlook or Word in safe mode to check if this issue persists. To do this, press Windows key + R to open the Run command, type
outlook /safe and press Enter.
Also please try to run a repair of your Office installation to check the result. See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924614
Please let me know the result.
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http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/office2010/thread/75270638-e02b-4a78-b291-043abbca04ae?prof=required
When I use Select - Select Objects in the Editing part of the ribbon to select multiple drawing shapes, it no longer works like in office 2007. I can't drag a rectangle in the document to select objects within an area.
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I have just registered so I could reply to this thread.
The registration process was very ... aehm ... frustrating, I was only able to fill in the correct Captcha after about 10 ties. But ... this is not unexpected, when working with a Microsfoft product. How am I supposed to know whether that bloody captcha
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The work needed to make the object selection work as it did in Word 2007 was out of scope for this release. It's not as
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You are bunch of incompetent amateurs.
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