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FrontPage - Inserting links so that you can e-mail a person


From a web page you can click on a link which will open an e-mail programme such as Pegasus Mail or Outlook.

If you click on the blue underlined text, an e-mail programme such as Pegasus Mail or Outlook will open and you can send e-mail to the address in the hyperlink.

To create an e-mail link

Select the words to be linked for an e-mail Mailto.

Click on the hyperlink icon on the menu bar.

The large Create Hyperlink box opens.  In the right hand corner click the envelope for the e-mail letter.

A Create E-mail hyperlink box opens.  Key in the address of the person.  Do not worry about capital letters.  Click OK.

Note what appears in the URL box.  Click OK.

Your web page with the blue Mailto hyperlink is created. 

If you open the web page in a browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, and click on the blue Mailto hyperlink, you could send e-mail to that address.

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