How can I remove the automatic hyperlink in an email message?

[Guest]

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.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

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.

 

[Guest]

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.

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


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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.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

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


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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.

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


-----

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.

 

[Guest]

Thank you

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


-----

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.

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
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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.