Outlook Mail Merge & URL Inclusion

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I'm trying to mail merge emails via Outlook 2002.

I want to include a URL link that is specified within the contact record of
the Outlook address book.

Everything works fine until the merge occurs and although the URL is
imported into the email, it is not a clickable link just a text value.

Any ideas on how I can do this so that the resultant email contains a
clickable link?

Many thanks

Andrew

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi Andrew,

In the original release of Word 2002, hyperlinks were not retained in the
HTML Email mailmerge result. This problem was fixed in SP2, which can be
downloaded from microsoft.com.

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Andrew]

Thanks for your quick reply, Doug.

I've alrady got SP2 installed and still have the problem.

I've tried everything that I can think of - this seemed
like such a simple taks and has become rather
frustrating. Any thoughts?

 

[Cindy Meister -WordMVP-]

Hi Andrew,

I've alrady got SP2 installed and still have the problem.

I'd try asking this in an Outlook group, as they usually
have a better idea of the OL/Email idiosyncracies. Be sure
to mention whether you're choosing HTML or plain text
format for the merge result.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Jan 24 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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