Links: FrontPage 2000:
Create Mailto Links

A hyperlink is a direct connection from the current location of the cursor to another location.
You can create a hyperlink to your email address. This is called a mailto link.

When you create a mailto link, it takes the visitor to a New Message box in the mail program of the browser.

The message is pre-addressed to the email address you designate in the tag.

Mailto Links

To create a mailto link:
  • Highlight the clickable text.
  • Click on the Hyperlink button on the  Standard toolbar. The Create Hyperlink dialog box will appear.

Hyperlink button
 Hyperlink button

Create hyperlink dialog box

  • Click on the Make a hyperlink that sends E-mail button. 
  • The Create E-mail Hyperlink dialog box will appear.

Make a hyperlink that sends E-mail button
Make a hyperlink that sends E-mail button

Create E-mail Hyperlink dialog box

  • Type the complete email address in the Type an E-mail address text box.
  • Click on OK.
  • FrontPage 2000 will return you to the Create Hyperlink dialog box where the mailto link has been placed in the URL text box.
  • Click on OK.

Links: FrontPage 2000
Overview
Create Absolute Links
Create Relative Links
Create Mailto Links
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