Links in mail messages

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In older versions of Outlook, when you did Insert File in a mail
message, you had a choice of inserting the file as an attachment, as
text, or as a link to the file. We just upgraded to Office 2002 (and
thus Outlook 2002). Now when I do Insert File it does not give me a
choice to insert as a link. The file I wish to insert as a link is on
a shared drive on our server. An suggestions on how to insert a link
or shortcut to this file? Thanks in advance.
 
In older versions of Outlook, when you did Insert File in a mail
message, you had a choice of inserting the file as an attachment, as
text, or as a link to the file. We just upgraded to Office 2002 (and
thus Outlook 2002). Now when I do Insert File it does not give me a
choice to insert as a link. The file I wish to insert as a link is on
a shared drive on our server. An suggestions on how to insert a link
or shortcut to this file? Thanks in advance.
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I answered it myself. Here is the answer from the Microsoft
(lack-of-)Knowledge Base:

OL2000: No Option to Insert a File as a Shortcut
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Outlook 2000

This article was previously published under Q222263
SYMPTOMS
When you click File on the the Insert menu in an HTML or Plain Text
message, you have no option to insert a shortcut to the file.
RESOLUTION
To insert a shortcut to a file, send the message in Microsoft Outlook
Rich Text format (RTF).
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft
products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
This same condition is true when sending e-mail from other Microsoft
Office programs such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
 
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