This works for all message formats (Plain Text, HTML and Rich Text). Copy network address and Paste into Outlook Copy file name and Past into Outlook Select both in Outlook and Copy Right Click and select inset hyperlink Paste into hyperlink location This process is about 4 steps to many. Your typed linked will then look something like this Īfter pressing ENTER or typing a space behind the >, Outlook will automatically turn it into a link. You can indicate the beginning and the end of the link by placing it between.

How can I make Outlook to create a link including spaces? Renaming the files and folders is not an option to us. Then it breaks the hyperlink at the first space. For instance, link to the inbox with Outlook:Inbox.

This works great except if the file or foldername contains spaces. Go to the Form’s top Toolbar > Hit the word ‘Insert’ (not the paperclip button) > Select ‘File’> Navigate to the file and highlight it only > Go to the ‘Insert’ button at the bottom of the form and click on the arrow on the right of the button and select ‘Insert as hyperlink’ and you’re done. The ProjectWise Explorer link for the item is copied to the clipboard for you to paste wherever you need to. Create a hyperlink to a folder within Outlook by typing Outlook:Folder in the body of the email. Most of the time I just copy the path out of Explorer and insert it into the message body and put file:// if front of it so that Outlook will automatically create a link out of it. If the path contains any spaces, they need to be replaced with 20 for the link to work. In our organization we often send text based hyperlinks to folders and files we work on. Yes, by typing the web-friendly path to it file://servername/sharename/foldername/filename.xlsx.

Insert hyperlink to a folder in outlook