Entourage Inserting Hyperlinks

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JonL

In Outlook (Windows) it's easy to insert hyperlinks into
message text with the Insert menu. That option doesn't
exist in Entourage. Is there another way to insert
hyperlinks into email in Entourage?

Entourage also doesn't seem to support drag-n-drop to
create attachments. Again, any work around?

Thanks.
 
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Dave Cortright

In Outlook (Windows) it's easy to insert hyperlinks into
message text with the Insert menu. That option doesn't
exist in Entourage. Is there another way to insert
hyperlinks into email in Entourage?
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Just copy and paste it in like this:
http://www.msn.com

Entourage also doesn't seem to support drag-n-drop to
create attachments. Again, any work around?
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Drag and drop works for me. Here's a tip: if you drag a file onto the
Entourage dock icon with a message window frontmost, the file will get
attached to that message. Or you can create a new message with an attachment
that way.
 
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Barry Wainwright

In Outlook (Windows) it's easy to insert hyperlinks into
message text with the Insert menu. That option doesn't
exist in Entourage. Is there another way to insert
hyperlinks into email in Entourage?
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To insert a hyperlink, just type it in.
If you are trying to insert the url of a page open in Safari, try my script:
<http://scriptbuilders.net/category.php?id=1101>

Some systems require the URL to be formatted correctly. Usually this means
that you need to enclose the URL in 'braces' (<www.barryw.net), but some
systems (notably Entourage & Eudora) require the protocol to be explicitly
stated (<http://www.barryw.net).

[There is (of course) an exception to this - Œmailto:¹ URLs need not
explicitly state the protocol in Entourage. The presence of the Œ@¹ symbol
with a period in the second part makes the URL instantly recognisable and it
will be hot even without the protocol being stated.
<mailto:[email protected] is equivalent to <[email protected]]

So:

www.barryw.net will work on some systems, but is not to be recommended as
the preferred format.

<www.barryw.net> will also work on a few systems, with the notable exception
of Entourage and some others.

<http://www.barryw.net> should work on all systems capable of making hot
linked URLs.

Of the three, the latter is preferable, not only because it will be
correctly handled by the most systems, but because it is sure to work with
all URLs. This is the 'standard' way of expressing a URL. The plain 'www.'
URL will usually work (on systems that allow it) because addresses beginning
with 'www' are almost certainly HTTP web pages. But, not all web pages begin
with 'www' - what about news.bbc.co.uk ? How does that show up? And how is
the system to know that this is a web page address, and not an ftp or ph or
gopher site?

Also, use of the angled braces ('<' & '>') also prevents the breaking of
long URLs by linewraps in the email message. URLs of up to 255 characters
can be interpreted correctly if properly enclosed in this way.
 
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