Thursday, March 26, 2009

Making an Email link

So, you want to make a link that opens up the relevant email program (Outlook Express for example) when you click on it - this is really easy to do.

It is very similar to creating a link to another website:

Firstly, select the text you want to make the link:



Then click on the Insert/Edit Link icon:



Remember, the arrangement of your icons may be different from the screen you see above...

Anyway, this brings up the Link Dialog box:



Now, to make an email link, be sure to select Email under the Link Type drop down box. This will change your Link Dialog screen to something like this:



Now, just fill in the blanks, and click the Ok button. Its usually a good idea to leave the Message Body part empty, but that is just a personal preference.

And once again, remember to save the page!

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