Where is the hyperlink button? I hope I just can't find it.
Since 2004 Entourage has been the ONLY email program to not include hyperlink. I was forced to use an external script or cut and paste from a word processing doc. For that reason alone I've been using Mac Mail.
It is hard for me to believe that in 2008 Entourage STILL doesn't support hyperlink. It is sooo 90's to be forced to include an entire URL in an email.
I was also hoping this was fixed in 2008. I tried different versions of email encoding but none of them seem to make hyperlinks appear as hyperlinks instead of just plain text.
On 1/23/08 9:15 AM, in article ee8a218...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"housew...@officeformac.com" <housew...@officeformac.com> wrote: > Where is the hyperlink button? I hope I just can't find it.
> Since 2004 Entourage has been the ONLY email program to not include hyperlink. > I was forced to use an external script or cut and paste from a word processing > doc. For that reason alone I've been using Mac Mail.
> It is hard for me to believe that in 2008 Entourage STILL doesn't support > hyperlink. It is sooo 90's to be forced to include an entire URL in an email.
This function is not available.
Personal comment: Not everyone likes HTML and we don't mind the entire URL included. I had to change your message to plain text so I could read it. The font was too small for me to read.
Hi Diane-
Sorry you had to change the message to plain text and bump up the font. I simply typed into the Mactopia message box and you got whatever the default is.
I guess there isn't much communication between Microsoft developers. Outlook has supported hyperlinks since the inception of XP (and possibly earlier?). Someone in Redmond must think it is a useful function. It would be nice to give the end-user, rather than the developer, the final decision whether to use it or not. I can't think of another email program that doesn't support hyperlinks.
Yeah - I just got Entourage 2008 after having switched back to Mail several months ago. The first thing I googled after installing and not seeing the hyperlink function anywhere, was this topic. My friend who's a Windows platform developer for Microsoft always makes fun of me for not being able to hyperlink in Entourage and uses it as extra ammo for his 'PCs are superior' argument...lame!
No, unfortunately, that functionality is not built into Entourage 2008. What you can do instead:
* compose those e-mail messages which need to include hyperlinks in Word 2008, then click on File>Send to>Mail Recipient (as HTML). Word allows you to create hyperlinks rather easily, and they will be preserved in Entourage.
* google for Paul Berkowitz' free AppleScript Make Hyperlinks X, which allows you to create hyperlinks in e-mail messages (read the included readme fiel to find out how).
On 25/01/08 8:22, in article 0c901ef9-4f88-4ae9-aa34-067fdf2d4...@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com,
"bjoelbr...@gmail.com" <bjoelbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah - I just got Entourage 2008 after having switched back to Mail > several months ago. The first thing I googled after installing and not > seeing the hyperlink function anywhere, was this topic. My friend > who's a Windows platform developer for Microsoft always makes fun of > me for not being able to hyperlink in Entourage and uses it as extra > ammo for his 'PCs are superior' argument...lame!
-- Michel Bintener Microsoft MVP Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)
In article <0c901ef9-4f88-4ae9-aa34-067fdf2d4...@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
bjoelbr...@gmail.com wrote: > Yeah - I just got Entourage 2008 after having switched back to Mail > several months ago. The first thing I googled after installing and not > seeing the hyperlink function anywhere, was this topic. My friend > who's a Windows platform developer for Microsoft always makes fun of > me for not being able to hyperlink in Entourage and uses it as extra > ammo for his 'PCs are superior' argument...lame!
If you paste any URL into the body of any plain text message, it already *is* a hyperlink. What more do you need?
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I went to this site and attempted to download -
Paul Berkowitz' free AppleScript Make Hyperlinks X
Firefox went to redirected site and nothing got down load on to my desk top. Is there another side or product that will create hyperlinks? Not to beat a dead horse, but thi seems something that a mail program should have.
> Firefox went to redirected site and nothing got down load on to my desk top. > Is there another side or product that will create hyperlinks? Not to beat a > dead horse, but thi seems something that a mail program should have.
You can also create hyperlinks in Word. Open Word 2004, compose your e-mail with all the tools available in Word, and when you're done, click on File>Send To>Mail Recipient (as HTML), and Word will send your current document to Entourage.
The one big drawback to this method is that you cannot attach files to it later on, and you cannot modify the text any longer, so if you need to make additional changes, you will have to open the Word document again and repeat the "Send to" procedure after you're done.
Other options:
Send Complex HTML with Inline Files 2004 by Rob Buckley.
Microsoft MVPs are Mac _users_ like yourself. They are not employees of Microsoft and have all the same difficulties using Office that you do! We're just trying to help people make the best use of the software as it is provided. So lay off the slanderous remarks about people's integrity!
Like Diane, I avoid HTML e-mail for many reasons (biggest one being that it takes two or three times as much bandwidth and disk space for everyone who receives it). Yet I admit that there are times it is the best option: when I want to have a nicely formatted document with bold, italic, and headings, or to include images, or need color-coded text (e.g. Sending program code). So I absolutely agree that Entourage needs hyperlinks, and needs to be able to compose complex HTML mail. Using Word is okay, but as has been pointed out, if you want to add attachments or make edits later, you have problems. Frankly, although I love Entourage, when I want to send HTML mail I use another mail client to do it, and I CC myself so I have a record of it in Entourage.
I very much miss the ability to add hyperlinks. I know that some don't like HTML messages, but that shouldn't be forced upon everyone else.
I think the Entourage developers need to take a step back and consider the marketplace. Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Eudora, Zimbra, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail and Outlook all add the ability to insert hyperlinks. It's more uncommon to not have hyperlinks.
I did try and use the script mentioned above, but it doesn't seem to work in the 2008 version of Entourage. It shows, but the links never get added.
Maybe a solution would be to have an 'addon' or official script that users that want hyperlink abilities can download and use.
Please, reconsider the hyperlink issue. It may even help increase the number of Entourage users.
