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inserting active hyperlinks in Hotmail

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kajh
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I'm using Hotmail through Firefox 3.6.10 on a Mac OSX 10.6.4. When I copy hyperlinks and paste into Hotmail, they're not active and <enter> doesn't make them active either (as on a PC). I have to use the <Insert Hyperlink> feature on Hotmail. Any idea on the shortcut to make a hyperlink active? Thanks.

I'm using Hotmail through Firefox 3.6.10 on a Mac OSX 10.6.4. When I copy hyperlinks and paste into Hotmail, they're not active and <enter> doesn't make them active either (as on a PC). I have to use the <Insert Hyperlink> feature on Hotmail. Any idea on the shortcut to make a hyperlink active? Thanks.

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cor-el
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There is usually a toolbar button in the editor to turn a text link into a clickable hyperlink (look for a chain like button).
You can select the text and click that button to turn the link into a clickable hyperlink.

If you can't find the button then hover them all to check the tooltip of each (Insert Hyperlink).

Helper7677
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Scroll down to the section "LINK TO WEB PAGES FROM YOUR EMAILS" in the following and see if that answers your question:
http://www.freeemailtutorials.com/windowsLiveHotmail/theNewHotmail/emailFormatting.php

The complete tutorial starts here: http://www.freeemailtutorials.com/windowsLiveHotmail/theNewHotmail/hotmailEmail.php