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How can I use text hyperlinks in OL 2007, which worked in OL 2003?
In Office 2003, any Outlook item (Task, Note, Contact, etc.) can be linked to
any other Outlook item with a text link in the form (for example)
<outlook:Tasks/~Subject Name>. In other words, when I open a
Contact, I want to insert into the Contact's notes field a link to the Tasks
which concerns that Contact, so I can click and open the Tasks.
The form of the link in Outlook 2003 is <outlook:[folder name]/~[item
name]>, and this works for all types of Outlook items (Email, Contacts,
Tasks, Notes, etc.). (Note that <Tools->options->contact options->show
contact linking on all forms> does _not_ solve this problem. Nor is the
solution to make HTML as the default email format.)
For example, in Outook 2003, if you have a Contact for "John Smith" and a
Task called "Smith - Tax Planning", you can link the Contact to the Task by
inserting, into the Contact notes field, the text (in angle brackets)
<outlook:Tasks/~Smith - Tax Planning>. Then, when you open the Contact for
John Smith, you can click on the link which will open the Task.
If this is done in Outlook 2007, the link text does not become an active
link. But (here is the weird part!!), all the links that were imported from
Outlook 2003 into Outlook 2007 continue to work -- they are highlighted as
links and they work when clicked. And (this is the weirdest part), if a
highlighted link is copied and pasted, the new pasted link is no longer
highlighted as a link and no longer works. But!! if the highlighted link is
copied and pasted with [Paste Special->Unformatted Text->OK]. then the link
is highlighted and active.
We have a work-around but not a real solution. The work-around is to copy
_any_ working link to the location where the new link is wanted, and then to
edit the link with the correct folder name and item name. Alternatively,
highlight and right-click the text-hyperlink, select hyperlink, and edit the
link (including manually inserting %20 in place of spaces).
How can this be done in Office 2007 automatically, as in OL2003? If so,
what are the rules or (even better) are there instructions online?
(Apologies for this long re-post, but my first post was misunderstood and
the answer to my second post was to someone else's question).
Thanks
Joe
In Office 2003, any Outlook item (Task, Note, Contact, etc.) can be linked to
any other Outlook item with a text link in the form (for example)
<outlook:Tasks/~Subject Name>. In other words, when I open a
Contact, I want to insert into the Contact's notes field a link to the Tasks
which concerns that Contact, so I can click and open the Tasks.
The form of the link in Outlook 2003 is <outlook:[folder name]/~[item
name]>, and this works for all types of Outlook items (Email, Contacts,
Tasks, Notes, etc.). (Note that <Tools->options->contact options->show
contact linking on all forms> does _not_ solve this problem. Nor is the
solution to make HTML as the default email format.)
For example, in Outook 2003, if you have a Contact for "John Smith" and a
Task called "Smith - Tax Planning", you can link the Contact to the Task by
inserting, into the Contact notes field, the text (in angle brackets)
<outlook:Tasks/~Smith - Tax Planning>. Then, when you open the Contact for
John Smith, you can click on the link which will open the Task.
If this is done in Outlook 2007, the link text does not become an active
link. But (here is the weird part!!), all the links that were imported from
Outlook 2003 into Outlook 2007 continue to work -- they are highlighted as
links and they work when clicked. And (this is the weirdest part), if a
highlighted link is copied and pasted, the new pasted link is no longer
highlighted as a link and no longer works. But!! if the highlighted link is
copied and pasted with [Paste Special->Unformatted Text->OK]. then the link
is highlighted and active.
We have a work-around but not a real solution. The work-around is to copy
_any_ working link to the location where the new link is wanted, and then to
edit the link with the correct folder name and item name. Alternatively,
highlight and right-click the text-hyperlink, select hyperlink, and edit the
link (including manually inserting %20 in place of spaces).
How can this be done in Office 2007 automatically, as in OL2003? If so,
what are the rules or (even better) are there instructions online?
(Apologies for this long re-post, but my first post was misunderstood and
the answer to my second post was to someone else's question).
Thanks
Joe