Email action button

[Bradley]

Can I create an Action Button that will compose a new email from lotus notes
and pre fill the subject and body and send to a pre designated email address.

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

You could start it by a hyperlink from an object. Set it as an email address
and a subject. It would look something like this:

mailto: [email address]?subject=[your subject]

But in all seriousness, you need vba!
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Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

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Please tell us your PowerPoint / Windows version,
whether you are using vba, or
anything else relevant

 

[Austin Myers]

Take a look at PFCExpress, its already been done for you. <g>


http://www.pfcmedia.com



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Bradley]

Thank you for your post. However After reading the dsecriptions I am not
sure that is my answer. I am looking to generate an email to someone with a
subject (which a link does just fine) but I also want to prepopulate the Body
of that email and have it send with out the user having to do anything.

 

[Echo S]

Can I create an Action Button that will compose a new email from lotus
notes
and pre fill the subject and body and send to a pre designated email
address.

So, basically, from a PPT show, you want the user to click a button and have
an email form pop up?

You can right-click the button, choose hyperlink or action setting, and in
the Hyperlink To dropdown select URL. type in mailto:email@address (example
mailto:example@echosvoiceUGHSPAMdotcom

I don't know how you'd fill in the subject and message body, though.

 

[Austin Myers]

Ah, I see. Let me think on that a bit.



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Bill Foley (http://pttinc.com/) has some VBA that does this. The problem
is that the code is email-client specific. I know he has it work in
Outlook, but I'm not surewhat other email apps he has it for.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

 

[Echo S]

I don't know how you'd fill in the subject and message body, though.

Oh, big fat DUH here!

Select an object, choose Insert|Hyperlink, and in the Hyperlink dialog box,
choose Email clear down on the lower left. You can fill in the address and
subject there. (Still no message body, though.)