Links: FrontPage Express
Create a Mailto Link

Review of Hyperlinks A hyperlink is a direct connection from the current location of the cursor to another location.

You can create an absolute hyperlink to another web site.

You can create a relative hyperlink to another document within your own web site.

You can create a mailto hyperlink to an email message preaddressed to whoever you designate.

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,
  • Click on the Create or Edit Hyperlink button on the  Standard toolbar. The Create Hyperlink dialog box will appear.

Create Hyperlink button
Create Hyperlink button

  • Choose the World Wide Web tab
  • Choose mailto in the Hyperlink Type dropdown box.

Mail to link

  • Type the email address in the URL text box.
  • Click on OK

Links: FrontPage Express
Overview
Create Absolute Links
Create Relative Links
Create Mailto Links
Create Internal Links
Create a Link to a New Page

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