Moving songs around in itunes playlists

I cannot move songs around in my itunes Playlists. what setting do i need to change so i can do this?

Click on the header bar for the numbers column on the extreme left. It should change colour and a little triangle should appear.
Now you can move songs around to different positions.

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Click the heading of the left-most column of numbers. This is the Play Order. Once selected you can drag songs up and down the list.
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