"Hyperlink" showing in all email messages

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Denise

All of a sudden, the word "hyperlink" is showing up in all my email
messages, whether I create new, or forward a message. I have OUtlook 2003,
Windows XP, and OUtlook is using Word as my email editor
 
Open Word, go to the Tools menu > Options command and check if the option to
show Field Codes is selected.
 
show Field Codes is not checked. Even when I forward an email that has
hyperlinks in it, everything gets converted so all the links are displayed
instead of the orginal layout. This only happens if I use Word as my email
editor, if I turn that off, everything is ok. I have always used word as my
editor, this just started recently
 
No, that didn't work. I keep thinking it must be a setting in Word, but I
haven't a clue what it could be!

Diane Poremsky {MVP} said:
Press Alt+F9. Does that toggle them off and on?

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Denise said:
show Field Codes is not checked. Even when I forward an email that has
hyperlinks in it, everything gets converted so all the links are displayed
instead of the orginal layout. This only happens if I use Word as my
email
editor, if I turn that off, everything is ok. I have always used word as
my
editor, this just started recently
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Hello - I may have discovered the reason for this as I was experimenting with
code to automagically save an attachment and substitute a hyperlink.

I was prepending a "Files Saved:" message to the Body, I found that any RTF
formatted mails got all their "hyperlinks" changed to HYPERLINK text.

If the editor is wordmail I was using Word's Hyperlink.Add to plug in the
link.

While reading some other related topics I discovered that referencing the
Body gave a simple text string. So I removed the "prepending" of "File
Saved:" to the Body and just Added the link.

Magic! The "reformatting" to HYPERLINK .... has now gone away (for me).

I hope that this helps others - I have found the material here so useful, it
would be nice to think my offering is also useful.

Denise said:
No, that didn't work. I keep thinking it must be a setting in Word, but I
haven't a clue what it could be!

Diane Poremsky {MVP} said:
Press Alt+F9. Does that toggle them off and on?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/



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Denise said:
show Field Codes is not checked. Even when I forward an email that has
hyperlinks in it, everything gets converted so all the links are displayed
instead of the orginal layout. This only happens if I use Word as my
email
editor, if I turn that off, everything is ok. I have always used word as
my
editor, this just started recently

:

Open Word, go to the Tools menu > Options command and check if the option
to
show Field Codes is selected.

All of a sudden, the word "hyperlink" is showing up in all my email
messages, whether I create new, or forward a message. I have OUtlook
2003,
Windows XP, and OUtlook is using Word as my email editor
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hello - I may have discovered the reason for this as I was experimenting
with
code to automagically save an attachment and substitute a hyperlink.
Click to expand...

You are aware, aren't you, that applications that do this are already
available?
 
I had experimented with "Outlook Attachment Sniffer", but it places files
based on the folder of the message - I normally do this from the inbox before
filing the email.

During my experiments, I found several snippets of code - many offered by
Sue Mosher. Yet none were quite the same as I was intending. I wanted the
ability to select the folder into which the attachments should be placed, so
I added a shell call to BrowseForFolder.

I will look around to investigate more thoroughly now that you point it out.
In the meantime, I learned some things that I found interesting. I am not in
a development role anymore as CoBOL-80 is still new to me :) so it was more
like a hobby.

If you have particular favourites Brian, do pass on some links.

thanks
Rick
 
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