Entourage quetions

[tplynch]

When I type a web address in the body of an e-mail or my signature it
doesn't appear as a link (is that called a hyperlink?). Where can I
fint the preference or area to automatacly make that happen?

Thanks,
Terence

 

[Michel Bintener]

There is currently no way of inserting a live hyperlink into an Entourage
message, at least no convenient or straightforward way. You can always
insert the URL, with the http:// prefix, and most e-mail clients should
automatically convert them to active hyperlinks.

An alternative, if you are using Entourage 2004, would be to use Word 2004
to compose your e-mail message, since you can easily create hyperlinks in
that program (select some text, then hit Cmd+K). If Entourage is configured
as your default e-mail client, you can, when you're done, go to File>Send
To>Mail Recipient (as HTML) (this is still in Word, by the way). The
downside to this method is that once the document has been passed on to
Entourage, you can no longer modify it, or add attachments.

Yet another alternative would be to use Paul Berkowitz's free AppleScript
Make Hyperlinks X, which you can download here:
<http://scriptbuilders.net/files/makehyperlinksx2.2.1.html>

You can always request that feature by clicking on Help>Send Feedback on
Entourage.

When I type a web address in the body of an e-mail or my signature it
doesn't appear as a link (is that called a hyperlink?). Where can I
fint the preference or area to automatacly make that happen?

Thanks,
Terence

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

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[Mickey Stevens]

Also, if you type a link prefixed with http:// into an HTML message (Format

HTML), Entourage will automatically encode it as a link so it should be

clickable on the receiving end as long as the receiver is using a client
that can read HTML. However, to have the link have alternate display text,
you need to use one of the solutions Michel mentioned.