Microsoft KB Archive/301149

= OL2001: Complex HTML Links Are Not Active in Received Messages =

Article ID: 301149

Article Last Modified on 9/25/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2001 for Mac

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This article was previously published under Q301149



SYMPTOMS
When you click a complex hyperlink in an Outlook 2001 for Mac message, a page is not opened in your default Web browser.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because complex links in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) messages are converted to styled text.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
Outlook 2001 for Mac uses the Rich Text Format (RTF) message format. Any complex links that are in HTML messages are converted as styled text by HTML to the RTF converter. In the case of the hyperlink, the underlined format is retained.

Additional query words: ol2001 mac macintosh link complex click

Keywords: kbbug KB301149

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