Phil & Anne Irons wrote: >> Nb comeontim > > > Because the first is the ACTUAL url for the article, and the second > is one that is artificially produced at the tinyurl.com website. Try > it: http://www.tinyurl.com > > If you were able to type out the 'Harry Potter novel' on one line, > you'd be able to click on it and the site would open. However, the > url is so long that it exceeds the line length specified by your > e-mail program, and wraps to the next line. Some browsers will still > recognize the whole thing as an address, others will recognize some > but not all of it, and yet others will only recognize the first line. > Let me explain that. When I click on the original, my browser 'sees' > all except the last eight characters, which appear on the third line. > No problem, just remember them, and type them in manually. On the > other hand, when I try to 'Copy & Paste', even though I click and > drag over the entire url, for some reason the utility only 'sees' the > first line.
If that's a problem, 1. Cut and paste into Notepad 2. Go to the end of first line (end key) and hit delete to join the lines up. 3. Repeat (2) until all one line 4. Cut and paste into browser. Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
