On 2002-01-15 9:13 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 1/15/02 5:44 PM, "Jim Warthman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> 
>> With all due respect, when I do the same thing in MS Word, it behaves just
>> as I might expect! When I insert a URL, it's immediately clickable. If I
>> type the URL, instead of inserting it, it becomes clickable as soon as I end
>> the URL with a <space> or <return>. If I try to click inside the URL to
>> adjust it, I can't for the reasons you explain. On the other hand, I can use
>> the arrow keys to move the insertion point into the URL, and edit away!
>> 
>> I encourage you (and anyone else who is interested) to launch Word and see
>> how it works.
>> 
>> It seems to me that Entourage should behave the same way as Word, whether
>> I'm inserting the URL into an e-mail message, into a Note, or any other
>> context. If I'm sending e-mail it's not a big concern, since the URL *does*
>> work when received (as you pointed out).
> 
> Word is actually an HTML editor, which can render HTML tags and so on.
> That's how it can do such things. Entourage is a very poor relation, as far
> as I understand They have completely different text engines.

Text engines aside, when I make a link in a note (and arguably in an e-mail)
it should be clickable. If Entourage has the ability to make links in
*incoming* e-mail clickable, it clearly has the feature to handle clickable
links. The fact that links are not clickable in Notes and elsewhere seems a
serious omission.

> There's no good
> reason for you to assume that Entourage can do the same as Word here if only
> it tried a little harder.

Paul, please don't misunderstand - I'm not assuming anything, and I never
mentioned "trying a little harder". I'm a new Entourage user, asking if,
perhaps, I've missed something that would be needed to have Entourage allow
links to be clickable.

I'm migrating to Entourage from MS Outlook 2000 on a Windows NT box. When I
type a URL into an e-mail message or a note in Outlook, it's immediately
clickable. I had hoped there was a way to have Entourage behave similarly.

I was particularly hopeful, since Entourage has an "Insert Hyperlink"
command.


> Anyway, I find Entourage's method much more
> sensible and user-friendly. It's easier to work with, and as soon as I save
> it i can click it.
> 
> I agree that URLs in Notes, tasks, etc. should be clickable.


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