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Why a tag can't be inserted in Drafts Word

What the selection messages mean and how to select text so the tag can be inserted.

What you see

When you click to insert a tag, the concept's row in the tag list shows Insertion Error with one of these messages:

Message
What it means
What to do
No text selected. / No text in selection.
Nothing is selected in the document.
Select the text you want to tag, then try again.
This tag can only contain text from 1 paragraph.
The selection spans more than one paragraph, but this type of tag can only cover one.
Select text within a single paragraph.
When inserting a text block tag surrounding an entire paragraph, ensure that you select the entire paragraphs. If you need to select only parts of a paragraph, you should use the continuation feature.
A text block tag must start at the beginning of a paragraph and end at the end of one.
Select whole paragraphs. To tag only part of a paragraph, tag it in pieces and use continuation.
Numeric tags may only contain numbers, potentially including leading dash (-) to indicate a negative number.
You are tagging a number, but the selection includes text, spaces or symbols.
Select only the number. A leading minus is allowed.
Tag insertion already in progress
You clicked again before the previous tag was finished.
Wait a moment, then try again.
Unable to load current selection.
The add-in couldn't read what you have selected.
Click in the document, select the text again and retry.

Prompts you might see

These aren't errors. The add-in is asking what you meant:
  • Complex Block Tag: your selection includes tables, images or several paragraphs. It's often better to tag smaller parts and use continuation.
  • Chapter Tag: choose whether to tag the whole chapter or just the selected text.
  • Continuation?: choose whether this continues a tag you already inserted, or is a duplicate.
  • Duplicate?: the concept is already tagged for this period. Only confirm if you plan to remove the old tag, otherwise validation reports an error.
  • Non-numeric fixed zero?: the tag is numeric, but the text isn't a number (for example "–"). Confirm if it should count as zero.

 

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Still stuck?

If you see a different message, or Unexpected tag insertion error., contact support and include the exact message.