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Mac Forum / Applications / Entourage / May 2008HTML Links in Messages and Names
Hi there, I'm not really sure how you reference this. I have a contact who sends me links in messages like this, "http://www.abc1234.com" "<http://www.abc1234.com>". Problem is that Entourage won't open the link in Safari. I get this error message, " Part of your link is missing. Please try copy and paste the entire URL from your email to your browser and try again.". I can copy and paste the first portion into Safari and then it opens OK. However, is there a way to prevent the <> portion from appearing at all? Similarly, is there a way to prevent the <> information (e-mail address) from showing in outgoing e-mail messages? I'd prefer only the contact's name to show up, not the contact name followed by <someone@thisplace.net>. Any advice and guidance much appreciated. Thanks so much! Lynn On 7/23/07 6:56 AM, in article C2CA2BD6.45197%manxcatq@msn.com, "Lynn Q" <manxcatq@msn.com> wrote: > I'm not really sure how you reference this. I have a contact who sends me > links in messages like this, "http://www.abc1234.com" [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > again.". I can copy and paste the first portion into Safari and then it > opens OK. I get the double links usually from PC users. Not sure what causes this. Usually clicking on the link in brackets works. If you are getting an error then part of the URL is missing. If you reply to the message you can usually fix the URL by deleting the space. Brackets are supposed to fix broken links. > However, is there a way to prevent the <> portion from appearing at all? > Similarly, is there a way to prevent the <> information (e-mail address) > from showing in outgoing e-mail messages? I'd prefer only the contact's > name to show up, not the contact name followed by <someone@thisplace.net>. > > Any advice and guidance much appreciated. Thanks so much! See blog article ³Insert URLs into a message² <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2007/07/insert_urls_into_a_message.html>  SignatureDiane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/> On 25/07/2007 1:25, in article C2CBD889.96B8%diane@invalid.entourage.mvps.org, "Diane Ross" <diane@invalid.entourage.mvps.org> wrote: > On 7/23/07 6:56 AM, in article C2CA2BD6.45197%manxcatq@msn.com, "Lynn Q" > <manxcatq@msn.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > fix the URL by deleting the space. Brackets are supposed to fix broken > links. The reason for the double links is Entourage's HTML display mechanism. Entourage uses its own extremely limited HTML engine to display simple HTML messages. The engine does not allow the display of hyperlinks; instead, it shows the original URL text followed by the URL itself, which the engine then makes clickable. If there were some sort of table in the HTML message, or any other feature that would make Entourage classify it as a complex HTML message, Entourage would make use of the Tasman rendering engine (the same engine used in the now defunct Internet Explorer for Mac) to display the message. In that case, the link would show up properly, i.e. the original URL text would be clickable, and there would be no duplicate URLs. SignatureMichel Bintener Microsoft MVP Office:Mac (Entourage & Word) ***Always reply to the newsgroup.*** > On 25/07/2007 1:25, in article > C2CBD889.96B8%di...@invalid.entourage.mvps.org, "Diane Ross" [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > ***Always reply to the newsgroup.*** Is there any way to force Entourage to use Tasman on all html email? On 28/08/2007 0:55, in article 1188255335.486929.186690@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com, <snip> > Is there any way to force Entourage to use Tasman on all html email? I'm afraid there isn't. The use of the Tasman engine is triggered by complex HTML elements, such as tables; if an e-mail is not judged sufficiently complex enough, Entourage will use its own (very, very weak) rendering engine, and there's no way to force it not to do that. SignatureMichel Bintener Microsoft MVP Office:Mac (Entourage & Word) ***Always reply to the newsgroup.*** Is there any way to "improve" or strengthen Entourage's weak HTML engine in an update? The complex HTML rendering engine has been improved with each release of Entourage. It's the simple HTML composition tools that haven't been improved. I don't know if they intend to improve them, but my thinking would be that if they didn't think it was worth improving them in the paid release, it would seem unlikely they would find it worth their time to improve them in a free update. Keep in mind that many recipients do not like receiving complex HTML. It adds a lot to the size of the message, and does not always render reliably on all mail systems. I find plain text is usually sufficient for the mail I send. If you want to send this as a feature request to Microsoft, be sure to send feedback. You should indicate instances of where the feature would have been useful, as I know that data can help them decide whether to implement the feature. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/suggestions.mspx On 5/31/08 7:21 AM, in article ee7b9ce.4@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, > Is there any way to "improve" or strengthen Entourage's weak HTML engine in an > update? SignatureMickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac) Office & Mac Resources: <http://home.earthlink.net/~mickey.stevens/> |
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