Cannot get outlook to create URL by pasting link, hitting return .

[lsb188]

Just got a new PC with Vista Business 64. Transferred Office 2007 to it. I
used to be able to paste a web link into an email, hit the return key, and it
would become a hyperlink. Now, it just stays text. I am using HTML
formatting. What's wrong here??

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Have you tried just hitting the space bar? What is the message format you
are using?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, lsb188 asked:

| Just got a new PC with Vista Business 64. Transferred Office 2007 to
| it. I used to be able to paste a web link into an email, hit the
| return key, and it would become a hyperlink. Now, it just stays
| text. I am using HTML formatting. What's wrong here??

 

[lsb188]

As I said in my message, using HTML format. This worked fine in Windows
XP...space bar has the same result.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Sorry, missed the reference to HTML.

What happens if you open the sent message and try to use the URL?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, lsb188 asked:

| As I said in my message, using HTML format. This worked fine in
| Windows XP...space bar has the same result.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Have you tried just hitting the space bar? What is the message
|| format you are using?
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, lsb188 asked:
||
||| Just got a new PC with Vista Business 64. Transferred Office 2007
||| to it. I used to be able to paste a web link into an email, hit the
||| return key, and it would become a hyperlink. Now, it just stays
||| text. I am using HTML formatting. What's wrong here??

 

[lsb188]

I haven't nor won't send a message like that - I use the insert hyperlink
tool. Folks, what I am looking for is a simple "you need to set this
option..." kind of response. I have double and triple checked all of my
Outlook settings, options, advanced options, etc., and bounced them against
my settings one for one on the XP machine - all identical. Why is Outlook
doing this now that it's on a 64 bit Vista machine??