That's only when composing a message and when you are using Word as the
email editor as it is a Word option not an Outlook option.
Unless you have a very specific need to change that, I wouldn't change it.
The option is there to prevent you from inadvertently open the link when
selecting the text.
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"inenewbl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi all. The hyperlinks created in my email message require me to press
> "ctrl
> + click" keys to access. How can i solve this such that i can just click
> the
> hyper link without pressing the ctrl key. Thks in advance.