Microsoft KB Archive/212417

= PPT2000: How to Create a Mailto Hyperlink in a Presentation =

Article ID: 212417

Article Last Modified on 11/30/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212417





SUMMARY
To send mail to a specific recipient in a slide show presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint, you can create a hyperlink to a mailto Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The mailto URL uses the following syntax:

mailto:

where  is the protocol, and   is the e-mail address of the recipient (for example, mailto:example@microsoft.com).

This mailto link can be used in a presentation running in Kiosk mode; however, the Kiosk station must have a method, such as a keyboard, to write the message. Nevertheless, you can format the mailto URL to address a mail message to a specific recipient, when you click the link. This article describes how to create a mailto hyperlink.



MORE INFORMATION
To create a mailto hyperlink, follow these steps:

Method 1
Just type the complete email address into a text frame. The hyperlink information will be appended automatically.

Method 2

 * 1) Create a text frame, type some text, and highlight the text you would like to use as a hyperlink.
 * 2) Click Insert, then click Hyperlink.
 * 3) In the "Type the file or Web page name" box, type mailto: where   is the e-mail address of the recipient. Click OK.

NOTE: For this to work, you must have an e-mail client installed and running correctly.

Additional query words: Kiosk Station Mailto Mail to Message New Addressed ppt2k 9.00 mail-to 9 ppt9 powerpoint9

Keywords: kbhowto kbhtml KB212417

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