links button

[michelle]

my friend's email is thru gmail. she has a links button (looks like chain
links) that she uses to provide links to websites *without* showing the
website address. it simply highlights a word she has typed and the mail
recipient clicks on that word to go to the website. i think several words (a
phrase) can be highlighted as well as just one word. so she might say,
'click here for more info' and the word *here* will be highlighted and
contains the link. does windows vista mail have this feature? i cannot find
it.

thanks!

 

[Charlie42]

my friend's email is thru gmail. she has a links button (looks like chain
links) that she uses to provide links to websites *without* showing the
website address. it simply highlights a word she has typed and the mail
recipient clicks on that word to go to the website. i think several words
(a
phrase) can be highlighted as well as just one word. so she might say,
'click here for more info' and the word *here* will be highlighted and
contains the link. does windows vista mail have this feature? i cannot
find
it.

In Windows Mail, open up a new message, select a piece of text and choose
Hyperlink from the Insert menu.

This will only work if the email is HTML formatted, you can check/choose
this option from the Format menu.

Charlie42

 

[michelle]

bob, i'm still not sure how to do this using a word processor. but i did
follow charlie42's instructions thru email and it worked. thanks so much for
trying to help me!

michelle

 

[michelle]

thanks, charlie42! it worked. no more looooong web addresses that my
friends have to cut and paste. woo hoo!!

michelle

 

[Charlie42]

thanks, charlie42! it worked. no more looooong web addresses that my
friends have to cut and paste. woo hoo!!

You are welcome, Michelle.

Charlie42

 

[michelle]

another question ~ how can i do the same thing but in a newsgroup instead of
an email? there is no 'insert' pull-down menu with a hyperlink button when
i'm in yahoogroups.

thanks,
michelle

 

[Charlie42]

another question ~ how can i do the same thing but in a newsgroup instead
of an email? there is no 'insert' pull-down menu with a hyperlink button
when i'm in yahoogroups.

It is not considered good conduct to post in HTML on Usenet. Please, use
text format. If you want to shorten hyperlinks in your postings, consider
using a web service like TinyURL. I do not think it is necessary though,
Usenet people are fairly blasé about long urls.

Charlie42

 

[michelle]

forgive me, but i'm tech-challenged and do not understand your reply. did i
do a faux pas on *this* board? i don't know what usenet is, or the
difference between posting in html and text format. basically, what i want
to do it the same thing my friend does from her gmail account, which
automatically comes with a links button. she frequently uses highlighted one
word links for longer addresses in one of the groups we're both in.

i need baby steps, my friend. thanks for the hand-holding!

 

[Charlie42]

forgive me, but i'm tech-challenged and do not understand your reply. did
i do a faux pas on *this* board?

Nope.

i don't know what usenet is, or the difference between posting in html
and
text format.

Usenet is an Internet distributed discussion network, where people post
articles in newsgroups. Although you are reading/posting this on the
Microsoft Communities web interface, what actually lies under is a newsgroup
called microsoft.public.windows.vista.general - not a web forum or board.

A newsreader is a better way of accessing the Usenet than clunky interfaces
like Microsoft's or Google Groups. Here is how to use Windows Mail for your
newsreader:

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/b4a4891c-4498-4e22-b35d-44bf32d916d41033.mspx

HTML is the markup language in which web pages are written, so that browsers
can understand how to display them on a screen. Email clients can also use
this language to format contents, but in newsgroups plain text is the
customary way of doing business.

basically, what i want to do it the same thing my friend does from her
gmail
account, which automatically comes with a links button.

Posting through the Microsoft Communities interface is done in plain text
only, there is no Insert link option. Like I mentioned in my previous post,
there are other means of shortening long url's, but it really is not
necessary to do it.

Charlie42

 

[Charles W Davis]

Long URLs can be shortened at http://www.tinyurl.com

 

[michelle]

charlie42, thanks so much for all your help! i am trying to wrap my brain
around this stuff. i actually want to post *one word* links on my
*yahoogroups*. when you talk about posting thru microsoft communities, are
we talking about the same thing (ie. yahoogroups)? is tinyurl.com the best i
can do instead of just a simple highlighted *one word* link that is just part
of a sentence?

my goodness, this is frustrating. i feel like i'm in a foreign country and
don't speak the language i really do appreciate your effort with this!

 

[michelle]

thanks, charles!

Long URLs can be shortened at http://www.tinyurl.com

 

[Charlie42]

charlie42, thanks so much for all your help! i am trying to wrap my brain
around this stuff. i actually want to post *one word* links on my
*yahoogroups*.

I am not that familiar with Yahoo! Groups, but to me they seem to be a
Yahoo! discussion system, and not Usenet newsgroups. You will probably find
a better answer to your question on Yahoo!'s support pages.

when you talk about posting thru microsoft communities, are
we talking about the same thing (ie. yahoogroups)?

No. The Microsoft newsgroups web site is found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx

I guessed you had posted from here because of the discussions.microsoft.com
"server" that appear in your email address. It is an anonymised address
usually added by the Microsoft newsgroups service.

is tinyurl.com the best i can do instead of just a simple highlighted
*one
word* link that is just part of a sentence?

I would say so. Since posts are plain text only, what you want to do is
impossible.

my goodness, this is frustrating. i feel like i'm in a foreign country
and
don't speak the language i really do appreciate your effort with this!

You are welcome. Usenet is an old, not very well known part of the Internet,
and it has a lingo of it's own. I hope it has not scared you off, these
newsgroups are a good source of help when you need it.

Charlie42