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To: Old_Sparky who wrote (88281)	4/7/2015 11:43:15 PM
From: RMP	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

When starting a new email make sure you go to the tab Format Text. Choose either HTML or Rich Text Format. I suspect you had As Plain Text as default.

To: Old_Sparky who wrote (88281)	4/8/2015 12:15:35 AM
From: Gottfried	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

Old_Sparky, I had the same problem with Yahoo email. When the body of the message was 'rich text', the link did not automatically become clickable. I had to MAKE it a link by using the 'link' symbol while typing. But in 'plain text' mode there are few options and a link starting with http would turn clickable on its own. I don't have outlook, or I would test it myself. You can test this by sending messages to yourself. Try 'plain text' and send, then start a new message in 'rich text' and send Or, help your buddies stay young by showing them how to copy/paste [you'll have to do that repeatedly of course :)]. I know people who have used email for over 20 years and still forget about copy/paste. Maybe Ron has a copy/paste video on Youtube? But if he has and you send the link to your buddies you'll run into the same problem

To: Old_Sparky who wrote (88281)	4/8/2015 12:27:01 AM
From: B.K.Myers	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Respond to of 110631

On the Insert tab is there an option to insert a hyperlink? I don't have Outlook 2010 to check this but I think that I recall seeing it there. B.K.

To: Old_Sparky who wrote (88281)	4/8/2015 1:59:41 AM
From: Raptech	Respond to of 110631

Spark, You can copy and paste a url, or any link including hypers into an Outlook email. When you compose the email it will not be active. When you send the email it will activate. Test it by composing an email with a url or link and send it. Go to your send folder and the link should be active, and of course the recipients email will have an active link. And yes, Google doesn't always provide info on the many program nuances. Outlook , for me, is still by much the best email client for business use preferable to all of the web mail options available. I have gmail and Yahoo accounts as backups, but never use them. Of course, it's not free which is always a good price (maybe) but worth the cost for all of the benefits. My main advantage is that I use it for business with extremely large spread sheet attachments which are usually limited by web mail providers. Also for my business I use a domain based email address that i never have to worry about changing.