hyperlinkmicrosoft-outlook-2010
Previously I used Outlook 2003 and I was able to send a hyperlink with a space by typing < before entering the hyperlink and a > after typing the hyperlink and the whole thing would become a valid clickable link.
Like so
<\\network share with spaces\folder>
We upgraded to Outlook 2010 and currently this happens
<\\network share with spaces\folder>
or if I do nothing
\\network share with spaces\folder
Is there a setting in one of these ribbons somewhere to control this?
Outlook will always look in your user profile for the signatures folder the only way around that is to use NTFS links or some trickery.
The registry key that defines where to look for the Outlook signature is
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\General\Signatures
By default, this value is set to Signatures, meaning, Outlook will look for the folder Signatures in %APPDATA%\Microsoft\.
Now, we can just change that key to something else and Outlook will look in a different folder for the signatures.
And there's my changed signature:
Traversing directories seems to work fine:
However, if you want to reference content from a different drive, it might be best to just create a join/link.
I was having trouble sending a URL to a co-worker. Asking him to turn off emoticons (uncheck the box at "Tools->Options->General->Show emoticons in messages") did the trick for that.
Best Answer
An alternative way to create the hyperlink which should get around this issue as well as being far quicker would be to simply use drag and drop as follows:
Open Windows Explorer, navigate to a folder containing the thing you want to link to (a file, document or a sub-folder).
Right click and drag to your open e-mail message - you don't have to have them open side by side, you can drag to the task bar on the message, HOLD and wait for the message window to pop to the front. (don't drop on the taskbar, this does not work)
Move to where you want the hyperlink in your message and drop.
You will be asked what you want to do, just like when you right-click drag/drop in Windows explorer to create a shortcut. One of the options is "create hyperlink" which is what you want. Job done. Wash, rinse, repeat for multiple links, or use multi-select in the first place (Ctrl+click or Shift+click)
(Aside: a normal left click drag and drop will insert attachments without prompting, and you can also do this with no email open: select documents, drag and drop to Inbox and a new email will be created for you with attachments on and with subject line already set which you can edit of course).