Well, I've been at this a couple hours now. Still haven't figured it out. I
guess Microsoft showed me, huh?

It might actually be an issue with Word instead of Outlook. I check various
settings (check boxes) in Word, and it appeared that the boxes to "replace
web addresses with hyperlinks" were correctly checked.

It's 1:00 am. I'm exhausted. Guess I'll slog away trying to figure out
more tomorrow. Thanks.

"Erik Hendrickson" wrote:

Didn't work. I sent a test message with several hyperlinks, ending with each
of the suggested punctuations. When I pulled up the message in the "sent"
folder, none of the hyperlinks were active.

Here's my new hypothesis: it has something to do with the virus checking
software.

Or - maybe with the security settings in Outlook.

Or - something is set in Customize or Options (but I've spent part of
yesterday looking around in there - so I'm not sure).

I'll spend some time investigating the security angle.

Thank you for your interest. (When you think of it as a detective problem -
it's kind of interesting - isn't it? Instead of just some dumb poor computer
illiterate jerk who can't figure out this Microsoft stuff.)

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

After you paste the hyperlink, type something after it -- a space, a comma, a period, or just press Enter to end the line.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Erik Hendrickson" wrote in message ...
I just sent two messages, each included a hyperlink. Several minutes after
sending the messages, I pulled them up in my "sent" folder, and saw that the
"hyperlinks" were not "active" - that is, they were not shown in color, there
was no underline, and I could not "click" on them to go back to the web site
they referenced.

I have an 8th grade diploma (and a master's degree in engineering, but the
8th grade diploma should be sufficient). What doesn't the simple "copy and
paste" work? I "copy and paste" hyperlinks a dozen times a day at work,
using Lotus Notes, and never, never, ever have a problem. Why - after using
Microsoft Outlook for 2 months is it still not working?

"Erik Hendrickson" wrote:

I am trying to write a simple little email message to my dad, and include a
hyperlink to a website (these are sometimes called "links" or "hotlinks" - I
don't get hung up on the jargon, but after reading through several postings
at this forum it appears "hyperlink" is the preferred term).

At my work, we have different email software. In order to include a
hyperlink in an email message at work, I simply highlight the web address (by
clicking on the address at the top of the window) CTRL C (to copy) go to
the email message click where I want the insertion point CTRL V (to
paste).

The link is then displayed with a fancy color (and maybe it even "flashes"
if you hover your cursor over it). The fancy color is visible both to me as
the sender and to the receipient.