Microsoft KB Archive/173134

= PPT97: How to Create a Mailto Hyperlink in a Presentation =

Article ID: 173134

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q173134





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

mailto:

where mailto 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 activate the link. This article describes how to create a mailto hyperlink.



MORE INFORMATION
To create a mailto hyperlink, follow these steps:  Go to the slide on which you want to create the mailto hyperlink. Draw a text frame (or shape) to use as the mailto hyperlink. Enter some text in the frame. For example, type Mail To, to describe the function of the frame. (NOTE: If you want to format the text frame to look like a button, add a color fill and a border around the frame.) Select the text frame, and then click Action Settings on the Slide Show menu. Click the Mouse Click tab.</li> Click Hyperlink To. In the Hyperlink To list, click URL.</li> In the Hyperlink To URL dialog box, type the mailto URL you want. For example, type the following:

mailto:example@Microsoft.com

</li> Click OK.</li> Click OK again.</li></ol>

When you click the mailto link during the slide show, a new mail message that contains the recipient's e-mail address appears on your screen.

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

Additional query words: Kiosk Station Mailto Mail to Message New Addressed ppt97 8.00 mail-to

Keywords: kbhowto kbhtml KB173134

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