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  1. 22nd Feb 2007 18:00 #1
    mysts
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    When using Word and I type in a web url or an email address how do I make it active so that when I click on it it goes there. What I would like to have eventually is a list of addresses that I keep on the desktop and when I want to go somewhere open the list and click.
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  2. 22nd Feb 2007 18:37 #2
    ozymango
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    It may depend on your version of Word, but try typing out whatever email address or link you want to select, then highlight the text and right-click.

    This'll open the Properties menu, and halfway down there'll be an option for "Hyperlink." Select that, and from that menu you can choose if it's a URL or email address; fill out the appropriate info in the menu, save the document, and that should do it.
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  3. 23rd Feb 2007 02:41 #3
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    You could create a simple html document, open up notepad and paste the following:

    Code:
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    Add new lines as you need them, save as somename.html , make sure it has the html extension and not the default .txt one. Open in any browser to view, to reedit right click and select "open with" >notepad ....

    Here's a basic template with some basic formatting, to add boxes just copy and paste one from <div class="box"> until </div>:

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    <html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
a:link,a:active,a:visited 
{ 
  color : #0000FF; 
  text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover   
{ 
  text-decoration:  none; 
  color : #FF0000;
}
h3
{
  text-decoration:undeline;
}
.box
{
  float: left;
  width: 300px;
  height: 300px;
  background-color: #C0C0C0;
  border-top: 1px solid #888888;
  border-right: 1px solid #505050;
  border-left: 1px solid #888888;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #505050;
  padding: 10px;
  margin: 10px;
  overflow: auto; 
}
</style>
  <title>My Address Book</title>
</head>
<body>

<div class="box">
<h3>Title For First Box</h3>
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</div>

<div class="box">
<h3>Title For Second Box</h3>
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</div>

<div class="box">
<h3>Title For Third Box</h3>
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Nepadigital

</div>

</body>
</html>
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  4. 23rd Feb 2007 04:31 #4
    Alex_ander
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    AFAIC understand, you want to activate links in a Word (not HTML) document. In older versions of M$ Word you had to simply use 'enter' key just after typing a url (or after positioning the cursor in the end of it). In current versions you have to use something like Ctrl+Enter or Shift+Enter (sorry, can't remember which one exactly or check right now, please try both). Then you can save the document as Word (or HTML if you like) with active links.
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  5. 23rd Feb 2007 05:46 #5
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    My problem is quite the opposite: How the h*ll do I make Word not treat anything I write that remotely resembles an email address or url as such, and providing a clickable link to it, and making it ugly blue?

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  6. 23rd Feb 2007 07:07 #6
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    Mats,

    Thought you might be able to use the following information to your advantage:

    AutoFormat and AutoFormat As You Type

    The AutoFormat As You Type dialog includes a check box for “Internet and network paths with hyperlinks.” If you have this box checked, then whenever you type a text string that Word recognizes as an email address, URL, or file path, it will automatically be converted to a hyperlink. If you have the same box checked in the AutoFormat dialog, such strings will be converted when you run AutoFormat over text that has already been typed.

    In Word 2000 and earlier, both these dialogs are accessed via Tools | AutoCorrect; in Word 2002 and 2003, the Tools menu entry is called AutoCorrect Options.
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  7. 23rd Feb 2007 07:24 #7
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    Thank you - I found it! It's been bugging me for years, really. Thought the only way was to turn off autoformat completely. You're never too old to learn

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