Access should open email server when email address inserted in fo

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Access 2003 should allow the email server (in my case Outlook) to open with
the address inserted in the appropriate place. My databse has a large number
of email addresses as well as links to other parts of the databse and having
to open a new program every time I want to create an email from an existing
address is tedious.

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Access 2003 should allow the email server (in my case Outlook) to open with
the address inserted in the appropriate place. My databse has a large number
of email addresses as well as links to other parts of the databse and having
to open a new program every time I want to create an email from an existing
address is tedious.
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One option is to store the email addresses in a Hyperlink field type.
You may need to take steps to ensure that they start with mailto:
rather than http:; but once you do so, doubleclicking the field (in a
Form, a Report preview, or even in a table cell) will open your
default mail program with the mail address inserted.

John W. Vinson[MVP]
 
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