Learning to Add a Link To Your Outgoing Messages

 

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"Links" are what weave and connect this world wide web together, they are an active address that enables you to connect to another location or pre-determined destination. Learning how to add a link to your e-mail will enable you to share your favorite web pages and other locations with your friends, as well as make fun links to your e-mail address.

Here you'll learn the basics for adding a link to your outgoing e-mail!

Please note!
In order to add links as described below you have to have your setting selected to Rich Text (HTML) See here for instruction if your not sure how.

Let's Get Started!

  

Begin your message and where you wish to enter a link just type in the words or insert the image you wish to make 'active' and click on the HyperLink symbol:
Then a small box appears and you need to choose what type of link your sending:


choose http: for a web page address


choose mailto: for your return e-mail address.

Be sure you've entered the address correctly by testing the link,
Click on the Preview tab and try it out!
You can use the same procedure using an image, highlight the image rather than the text:
When your recipient clicks on your mailto: link a new e-mail window pops up with your return address already there waiting to be sent!
Everything looks correct then your safe to send and know you have a made an active working link!! :o)

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