Email link in Word doc

[irchamandy]

i want to put an email address into a Word document and have it be a
live link that switches the user to their email program when they click
the address. in other words, i want the email address to work in the
Word document exactly as it would on a web page. how do i do this?

 

[irchamandy]

ok, i figure out that the internet links thing is buried deeply and
unintuitively in autocorrect. now every time i enter an email address,
it ends up looking like this

{Hyperlink "mailto: (e-mail address removed)"}

instead of just the email address underlined. why does this happen?

thanks in advance,

Ian

 

[Michel Bintener]

Because you have "Field Codes" enabled. Go to Preferences>View, and
de-select "Field Codes". A hyperlinked e-mail address is actually a field,
so when you have this option enabled, it will show you the field code, which
includes the brackets and the mailto prefix; disabling this should get you
what you want.

 

[irchamandy]

perfect! thanks...

 

[Helpful Harry]

Because you have "Field Codes" enabled. Go to Preferences>View, and
de-select "Field Codes". A hyperlinked e-mail address is actually a field,
so when you have this option enabled, it will show you the field code, which
includes the brackets and the mailto prefix; disabling this should get you
what you want.

Of course, since it is a preference option turning it off on your
computer won't affect how others may see it on their computer - that'll
depend on hw their preferences are set.

Helpful Harry
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