How to do "Mailto:" when email address includes an ampersand?
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From: JerseyGirl on 6 Apr 2010 18:14 The email address is "Tips_&_Tricks(a)domain.com". How do you hyperlink this for automatic email addressing? I am trying to do this hyperlink from a PowerPoint 2007 file. The normal way to do the hyperlink would be: "mailto:tips_&_tricks(a)domain.com" (without quote marks), but Outlook truncates the email id at the ampersand. I searched online and tried multiple solutions, with no success.
From: Twayne on 7 Apr 2010 15:00
In news:291248F4-79AC-40AD-90BC-3D5815AFEFD3(a)microsoft.com, JerseyGirl <JerseyGirl(a)discussions.microsoft.com> typed: > The email address is "Tips_&_Tricks(a)domain.com". How do you > hyperlink this for automatic email addressing? I am trying > to do this hyperlink from a PowerPoint 2007 file. > > The normal way to do the hyperlink would be: > "mailto:tips_&_tricks(a)domain.com" (without quote marks), > but Outlook truncates the email id at the ampersand. I > searched online and tried multiple solutions, with no > success. Don't you have to "escape" the &? Not sure; haven't actually tried it but since it's a forbidden character ... . |