Sorry Linette, I don't use Thunderbird. Maybe others on the list can provide the exact steps on how to copy an embedded link from a message. With that said, if you navigate to the link and open the context menu, you should be able to find a command that relates to copying the link. Good luck. Marc
-----Original Message----- From: Linette Sukup [mailto:linettesu...@att.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 10:25 PM To: Marc Solomon <msolo...@aisquared.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: sites not shown as links I forgot I am using the latest Thunderbird. Peace. Linette On 6/28/2016 8:47 PM, Marc Solomon via Talk wrote: > Linette, > HTML emails and web pages can contain hyperlinks to other web pages or files. > The author can assign descriptive text to the hyperlink so that the recipient > sees a meaningful link name in the message or Web page. > This is a good thing to do as it helps the user understand the link's purpose > more clearly. For example, the link text could be "Click here to learn more > about product ABC". > The author could also use the web page address as the link's text. For > example, the link text might be "http://productABC.com. Not a good practice > but people still do it. > You can activate the currently focused link by pressing Enter on it. If you > want to copy the links address to your clipboard, you can do so, but the > process depends on your email client. In Outlook, after focusing the link, > you can open the context menu and select Copy Link or something similar. > HTH, > Marc > > Sent with AquaMail for Android > http://www.aqua-mail.com > > > On June 28, 2016 9:06:22 PM Linette Sukup via Talk > <Talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > >> >> >> In some messages, sites are named, but they are not shown as links; that >> is, the http and so on is there, but they be clicked on. This is >> probably some simple thing that I just don't know how to do. How can >> things like this be put into the browser? >> I have the latest version of WE, the latest Firefox, and am >> running >> Windows on an HP Pavilion laptop. >> Does someone need to see the message? >> >> Peace. >> Linette >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author >> and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. >> >> For membership options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/msolomon%40aisquared.com. >> For subscription options, visit >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> List archives can be found at >> http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/linettesukup%40att.net. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
