How do I get a usable link on the first try?

[Guest]

I've been dealing with this ever since I got my new Office years ago. If I am
in IE and I cut a URL and paste it into an email, I get an odd icon (with a
green arrow that points upward &on the right side of the box is a yellow
circle with a
blackrectangle inside.) instead of the blue link that I'm used to. I've
tried emailing it to myself and clicking on it and the symbol does nothing.

My workaround is to simply cut and past the url into the email a second time
and I don't get the funky symbol, I get the actual URL. I hit <CR> and it
becomes my beloved blue link.

Curiousity is getting the best of me... What the heck is that symbol supposed
to be or do?

Lisa

P.S. Here is a simple way to recreate my question...
Go to the top of your IE screen and select the entire URL.
Right click the mouse and select "Cut". (The entire URL should be gone.)
Go to Outlook & open a new meesage.
Right click the mouse and select "Paste".
Mystery Icon pops up....

 

[F.H. Muffman]

P.S. Here is a simple way to recreate my question...
Go to the top of your IE screen and select the entire URL.
Right click the mouse and select "Cut". (The entire URL should be
gone.)
Go to Outlook & open a new meesage.
Right click the mouse and select "Paste".
Mystery Icon pops up....

I actually can't repro this at all, which leads to a few questions:

What format is your email message? What version of Word is installed on the
machine? Not that it should matter, what happens if you just copy the url?
What happens if you cut a url out of notepad?

Also, as a lark, try the following after you open the new message:
control-a and delete, then pasting in. (if that doesn't change the results,
try control-a and then control-space, followed by pasting in).