Trouble moving songs on the timeline

I have several songs on the timeline which I want to adjust/move around but when I click on the song all I get is the "plus" sign curser and nothing moves. It was working fine yesterday but today not so good. Any suggestions? I have closed and reopened the program but the problem still remains.

thejohnnys
Your recent prior threads suggest that you are using Premiere Elements 11. Did you resolve your audio out of sync issue that you reported in your last thread? I ask since I did not see any follow up on that from you in that thread. If you did resolve the problem, how did you do that?
In this present situation, if you open a new project, do you have the same issue that you are now having in for the existing problematic project?
What is the format of the audio in this case and on what audio track in Premiere Elements 11 is it? Are you working in the Expert or the Quick workspace?
We will be watching for your further description of the issue.
Thanks.
ATR

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