Why doesn the “To:” field of a new message get filled in when I click an email hyperlink on a Web page?
This issue, which only affects Outlook when Word is set as the email editor, arises because the email address of the email hyperlink is not carried into the new message through the PowerPlugs: Stationery dialog. To let Word fill-in the email address automatically, you can uncheck the ‘Show this dialog box for each new email’ option in the PowerPlugs: Stationery dialog box. However, if you prefer to see the PowerPlugs: Stationery dialog box each time you create a new message, you should leave that option checked and use an alternate method of filling-in the “To:” field. When you wish to create a new message by following an email hyperlink, right-click the link and select “Copy Shortcut” (in Internet Explorer) or “Copy link location” (in Netscape and Mozilla). This will copy the corresponding email address to the clipboard. Then, in your new mail message, simply paste the link into the “To:” field by pressing the hotkey combination Ctrl+V while your cursor is in the “To:” field. Or, you
This issue, which only affects Outlook when Word is set as the email editor, arises because the email address of the email hyperlink is not carried into the new message through the PowerPlugs: Stationery dialog. To let Word fill-in the email address automatically, you can uncheck the ‘Show this dialog box for each new email’ option in the PowerPlugs: Stationery dialog box. However, if you prefer to see the PowerPlugs: Stationery dialog box each time you create a new message, you should leave that option checked and use an alternate method of filling-in the “To:” field. When you wish to create a new message by following an email hyperlink, right-click the link and select “Copy Shortcut” (in Internet Explorer) or “Copy link location” (in Netscape and Mozilla). This will copy the corresponding email address to the clipboard. Then, in your new mail message, simply paste the link into the “To:” field by pressing the hotkey combination Ctrl+V while your cursor is in the “To:” field. Or, you
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