7.3 E mail links

What is a link that is neither an internal link nor an external link?  No, it's not a sau 

sage link; it's an e mail link!  Selecting an e mail link activates the browser's messag 

ing application (i.e. Microsoft Outlook) with the e mail address already filled in.

Creating an e mail link

1.

Select the text or image on the web page that you would like to use as a link.

2.

Click the Email Link button on the Common tab of the Insert bar,

OR choose Insert > Email Link.

Figure 7 11 Email Link dialog box

NOTE: Notice that the e mail link 

3.

In the Email Link dialog box, type a full e mail address in the E mail field.

in the link box of the Properties 

4.

Click OK.

panel begins with  mailto:  instead 

of an external link which begins 

with  http:// .

Figure 7 12 Creating an email link

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