gThis can be really irritating. I've tried changinf the format but that
doesn't work. I used to be able to highlight the text, change the font colour
back to black and the underline on/off. This no longer seems to work. I'm
using Windows XP, and Outlook within Office Professional 2003. Thanks.

When you have Word as the email editor and composing in HTML format you can
press backspace when AutoCorrect turns the URL into a clickable link to undo
it.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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"Margaret" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsBF82D4A-23AF-4A2A-8736-(E-Mail Removed)...
> gThis can be really irritating. I've tried changinf the format but that
> doesn't work. I used to be able to highlight the text, change the font
> colour
> back to black and the underline on/off. This no longer seems to work. I'm
> using Windows XP, and Outlook within Office Professional 2003. Thanks.

Thanks Roady. I usually use Rich Text and so couldn't see the option for
HTML in the Format drop-down box - yes, even using the 'extra options' symbol
- until after I changed from Rich Text to Plain Text, then it showed as a 3rd
option. (So that's a useful tip I wasn't aware of. Is there a reason all 3
options aren't all shown when the Rich Text box is ticked?)

I re-tried using your suggestion and yes, the backspace does remove the
autoformat, but only on a temporary basis - which does at least allow me to
correct any typing errors. If I then use the space bar or the Enter key it
re-inserts the hyperlink. By trial and error I found that if I follow the
backspace with the Tab key it stays un-hyperlinked but puts a large space
after it. I suppose it's better than nothing.

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> When you have Word as the email editor and composing in HTML format you can
> press backspace when AutoCorrect turns the URL into a clickable link to undo
> it.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> -----
> "Margaret" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsBF82D4A-23AF-4A2A-8736-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > gThis can be really irritating. I've tried changinf the format but that
> > doesn't work. I used to be able to highlight the text, change the font
> > colour
> > back to black and the underline on/off. This no longer seems to work. I'm
> > using Windows XP, and Outlook within Office Professional 2003. Thanks.
>
>

You can also disable the AutoCorrect option to automatically turn it into
clickable links ;-)

The Outlook editor is not capable of directly switching from HTML to RTF
format or vice versa but the Word editor is.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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"Margaret" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:64889DAC-B208-412B-95D0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Roady. I usually use Rich Text and so couldn't see the option for
> HTML in the Format drop-down box - yes, even using the 'extra options'
> symbol
> - until after I changed from Rich Text to Plain Text, then it showed as a
> 3rd
> option. (So that's a useful tip I wasn't aware of. Is there a reason all 3
> options aren't all shown when the Rich Text box is ticked?)
>
> I re-tried using your suggestion and yes, the backspace does remove the
> autoformat, but only on a temporary basis - which does at least allow me
> to
> correct any typing errors. If I then use the space bar or the Enter key
> it
> re-inserts the hyperlink. By trial and error I found that if I follow the
> backspace with the Tab key it stays un-hyperlinked but puts a large space
> after it. I suppose it's better than nothing.
>
> "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> When you have Word as the email editor and composing in HTML format you
>> can
>> press backspace when AutoCorrect turns the URL into a clickable link to
>> undo
>> it.
>>
>> --
>> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
>> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
>> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
>> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>>
>> -----
>> "Margaret" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> newsBF82D4A-23AF-4A2A-8736-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > gThis can be really irritating. I've tried changinf the format but that
>> > doesn't work. I used to be able to highlight the text, change the font
>> > colour
>> > back to black and the underline on/off. This no longer seems to work.
>> > I'm
>> > using Windows XP, and Outlook within Office Professional 2003. Thanks.
>>
>>

Thank you :-)

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> You can also disable the AutoCorrect option to automatically turn it into
> clickable links ;-)
>
> The Outlook editor is not capable of directly switching from HTML to RTF
> format or vice versa but the Word editor is.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> -----
> "Margaret" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:64889DAC-B208-412B-95D0-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks Roady. I usually use Rich Text and so couldn't see the option for
> > HTML in the Format drop-down box - yes, even using the 'extra options'
> > symbol
> > - until after I changed from Rich Text to Plain Text, then it showed as a
> > 3rd
> > option. (So that's a useful tip I wasn't aware of. Is there a reason all 3
> > options aren't all shown when the Rich Text box is ticked?)
> >
> > I re-tried using your suggestion and yes, the backspace does remove the
> > autoformat, but only on a temporary basis - which does at least allow me
> > to
> > correct any typing errors. If I then use the space bar or the Enter key
> > it
> > re-inserts the hyperlink. By trial and error I found that if I follow the
> > backspace with the Tab key it stays un-hyperlinked but puts a large space
> > after it. I suppose it's better than nothing.
> >
> > "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> When you have Word as the email editor and composing in HTML format you
> >> can
> >> press backspace when AutoCorrect turns the URL into a clickable link to
> >> undo
> >> it.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> >> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> >> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> >> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
> >>
> >> -----
> >> "Margaret" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> newsBF82D4A-23AF-4A2A-8736-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > gThis can be really irritating. I've tried changinf the format but that
> >> > doesn't work. I used to be able to highlight the text, change the font
> >> > colour
> >> > back to black and the underline on/off. This no longer seems to work.
> >> > I'm
> >> > using Windows XP, and Outlook within Office Professional 2003. Thanks.
> >>
> >>
>
>