Using Outlook 2000

Within the notes section of a contact I tried to insert a link to a
local file via the following methods:

I created a shortcut w/ explorer, and then cut and pasted the shortcut
into the contact. This worked, but the shortcut is displayed as an
icon.

Any way to display it as a text string of my choice?

The following approach is close, but not quite right:

By preceding the path w/ "http://" as in http://C:my directory/my
file.doc
As soon as I added "http" it was converted to a hyperlink to "http://
C:my" i.e. stopped at the space and did not work. I also tried quotes
as in http://"C:my directory/my file.doc" w/ same results.

Thanks

Why do you want it to be a string? It works fine this way in that version:

Insert | File | select the file (single click) | Insert button drop down
arrow and select Insert as Shortcut.

All newer versions will do strings and say Insert as Hyperlink rather than
Insert as Shortcut.

Regards

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Trainer and Consultant www.pragmatix.com.au


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Using Outlook 2000

Within the notes section of a contact I tried to insert a link to a
local file via the following methods:

I created a shortcut w/ explorer, and then cut and pasted the shortcut
into the contact. This worked, but the shortcut is displayed as an
icon.

Any way to display it as a text string of my choice?

The following approach is close, but not quite right:

By preceding the path w/ "http://" as in http://C:my directory/my
file.doc
As soon as I added "http" it was converted to a hyperlink to "http://
C:my" i.e. stopped at the space and did not work. I also tried quotes
as in http://"C:my directory/my file.doc" w/ same results.

Thanks