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How to create a mailto hyperlink in a presentation in PowerPoint for Mac
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SUMMARY
In a slide show presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint, you can create a
hyperlink to a mailto Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to send mail to a
specific recipient. The mailto URL uses the following syntax:
where mailto is the protocol, and <email_address> is the e-mail address of
the recipient (for example, mailto:example@microsoft.com).
This mailto link can be used in a presentation running in Kiosk mode;
however, the Kiosk station must have a method, such as a keyboard, to write
the message. Nevertheless, you can format the mailto URL to address a mail
message to a specific recipient when you activate the link. This article
describes how to create a mailto hyperlink.
MORE INFORMATION
To create a mailto hyperlink, follow these steps:
- Go to the slide on which you want to create the mailto hyperlink.
- Draw a text frame (or shape) to use as the mailto hyperlink.
- Enter some text in the frame. For example, type "Mail To" (without the
quotation marks), to describe the function of the frame. (NOTE: If you
want to format the text frame to look like a button, add a color fill
and a border around the frame.)
- Select the text frame, and then click Action Settings on the Slide Show
menu.
- Click the Mouse Click tab.
- Click Hyperlink To. In the Hyperlink To list, click URL.
- In the Hyperlink To URL dialog box, type the mailto URL you want. For
example, type the following:
mailto:example@Microsoft.com
- Click OK.
- Click OK again.
When you click the mailto link during the slide show, a new mail message
that contains the recipient's e-mail address appears on your screen.
NOTE: For this to work, you must have an e-mail client installed and it
must be running correctly.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 for Mac
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Mac
- Microsoft PowerPoint X for Mac
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