Whenever I type text into outlook that includes an @ symbol, Outlook
turns it into a link. That is extremely annoying - how do I turn it
off?

For example, if I want to talk about the name attribute of a book
element, I write "book@name", so outlook underlines it and turns it
blue as if it thinks it's an e-mail address. It isn't and I can't stop
Outlook from doing its thing unless I go to plan text e-mail.


--
Rob

Version?
Try tools, options, spelling, autocorrect settings, autoformat tab.

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"RobG" wrote in message
...
Whenever I type text into outlook that includes an @ symbol, Outlook
turns it into a link. That is extremely annoying - how do I turn it
off?

For example, if I want to talk about the name attribute of a book
element, I write "book@name", so outlook underlines it and turns it
blue as if it thinks it's an e-mail address. It isn't and I can't stop
Outlook from doing its thing unless I go to plan text e-mail.


--
Rob

On Sep 17, 12:09*pm, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]"
wrote:
"RobG" wrote in message

...

Whenever I type text into outlook that includes an @ symbol, Outlook
turns it into a link. That is extremely annoying - how do I turn it
off?

For example, if I want to talk about the name attribute of a book
element, I write "book@name", so outlook underlines it and turns it
blue as if it thinks it's an e-mail address. It isn't and I can't stop
Outlook from doing its thing unless I go to plan text e-mail.

Version?

Outlook 2003 SP 3.

Try tools, options, spelling, autocorrect settings, autoformat tab.

Tried that, didn't help. I always have auto formatting turned off
anyway.

Seems if I change the mail format from HTML to RTF, it stops doing it.
Makes no sense to me, I think I'll go for plain text.

--
Rob


--
Rob

Are you using Word as your editor? If so, did you disable it from the tools
menu of a new message form or in Word?


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"RobG" wrote in message
...
On Sep 17, 12:09 pm, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]"
wrote:
"RobG" wrote in message

...

Whenever I type text into outlook that includes an @ symbol, Outlook
turns it into a link. That is extremely annoying - how do I turn it
off?

For example, if I want to talk about the name attribute of a book
element, I write "book@name", so outlook underlines it and turns it
blue as if it thinks it's an e-mail address. It isn't and I can't stop
Outlook from doing its thing unless I go to plan text e-mail.

Version?

Outlook 2003 SP 3.

Try tools, options, spelling, autocorrect settings, autoformat tab.

Tried that, didn't help. I always have auto formatting turned off
anyway.

Seems if I change the mail format from HTML to RTF, it stops doing it.
Makes no sense to me, I think I'll go for plain text.

--
Rob


--
Rob

Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote on 09/16/2009 23:50 ET :
Are you using Word as your editor? If so, did you disable it from the tools
menu of a new message form or in Word?


Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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mailto:

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"RobG" wrote in message
news:
On Sep 17, 12:09 pm, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]"

wrote:
"RobG" wrote in message

news:

Whenever I type text into outlook that includes an @ symbol, Outlook
turns it into a link. That is extremely annoying - how do I turn it
off?

For example, if I want to talk about the name attribute of a book
element, I write "", so outlook underlines it and
turns it
blue as if it thinks it's an e-mail address. It isn't and I can't stop
Outlook from doing its thing unless I go to plan text e-mail.

Version?


Outlook 2003 SP 3.

Try tools, options, spelling, autocorrect settings, autoformat tab.


Tried that, didn't help. I always have auto formatting turned off
anyway.

Seems if I change the mail format from HTML to RTF, it stops doing it.
Makes no sense to me, I think I'll go for plain text.

Rob


Rob


I'm having the opposite problem wherein Outlook *stopped* linking
automatically. So if I type www.website.com, I used to press space/enter and
it'd be linked, no more. Now people have to cut/paste links I sent them, rather
than just click. How do I restore? W7 Ultimate, Outlook 2007.