I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it as an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}} and after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it does not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any help would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is displayed, I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're using Word 2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you disable this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it as an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}} and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it does not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined, which is the name of
the merged field and not the real address like http://www.bbc.co.uk/ for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is displayed, I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're using Word 2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you disable this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it as an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}} and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it does not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

Did you use a Mail Merge toolbar button to insert the merge field? If not,
did you insert the field braces using Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined, which is the name
of
the merged field and not the real address like http://www.bbc.co.uk/ for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is displayed, I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're using Word
2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you disable
this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it as
an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}} and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it does
not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

I used field braces using Ctrl+F9.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you use a Mail Merge toolbar button to insert the merge field? If not,
did you insert the field braces using Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined, which is the name
of
the merged field and not the real address like http://www.bbc.co.uk/ for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is displayed, I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're using Word
2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you disable
this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it as
an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}} and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it does
not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

In that case, I don't know why this isn't working. Did you F9 to update the
field?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I used field braces using Ctrl+F9.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you use a Mail Merge toolbar button to insert the merge field? If
not,
did you insert the field braces using Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined, which is the
name
of
the merged field and not the real address like http://www.bbc.co.uk/
for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is displayed,
I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're using
Word
2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you disable
this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it
as
an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}}
and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it
does
not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any
help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

I apologise. I was not using F9 to do the update. Thank you for your help.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In that case, I don't know why this isn't working. Did you F9 to update the
field?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I used field braces using Ctrl+F9.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you use a Mail Merge toolbar button to insert the merge field? If
not,
did you insert the field braces using Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined, which is the
name
of
the merged field and not the real address like http://www.bbc.co.uk/
for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is displayed,
I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're using
Word
2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you disable
this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it
as
an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}}
and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it
does
not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any
help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

Help! I am having the same problem myself, only I can't get it to work, even
with using F9 (which I didn't know about till reading this post).

I have a Word Email merge document that I'm trying to disguise the URL link
which is a field from Excel. That is, I am merging data from Excel into
Word, into an Email format merge document, and I have a specific URL for each
record. The URL is in Excel, and I'd like to have it appear in the Email as
a disguised active link.

Is this possible? Everytime I try doing the {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
"URL"}"}, the Hyperlink part loses it's "greyness" (field code shading) and
doesn't work.

Any tips would be appreciated!

Trying The Impossible?




"Laetitia" wrote:

I apologise. I was not using F9 to do the update. Thank you for your help.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In that case, I don't know why this isn't working. Did you F9 to update the
field?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I used field braces using Ctrl+F9.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you use a Mail Merge toolbar button to insert the merge field? If
not,
did you insert the field braces using Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined, which is the
name
of
the merged field and not the real address like http://www.bbc.co.uk/
for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is displayed,
I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're using
Word
2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you disable
this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and show it
as
an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD WebAddress}}
and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/} but it
does
not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website. Any
help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

The field you cite will insert a hyperlink but not a "disguised" one, which
would require an extra mergefield to insert the display text. To see what
I'm talking about, examine an existing hyperlink that displays text other
than the actual URL (press Alt+F9 to see the field code). See also
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HyperlinkProbs.htm

Plain-text emails don't permit hyperlinks with different display text; this
may be possible in HTML, but I'm not sure how well it survives mail merging.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"SweetBloodhound" wrote in
message ...
Help! I am having the same problem myself, only I can't get it to work,
even
with using F9 (which I didn't know about till reading this post).

I have a Word Email merge document that I'm trying to disguise the URL
link
which is a field from Excel. That is, I am merging data from Excel into
Word, into an Email format merge document, and I have a specific URL for
each
record. The URL is in Excel, and I'd like to have it appear in the Email
as
a disguised active link.

Is this possible? Everytime I try doing the {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
"URL"}"}, the Hyperlink part loses it's "greyness" (field code shading)
and
doesn't work.

Any tips would be appreciated!

Trying The Impossible?




"Laetitia" wrote:

I apologise. I was not using F9 to do the update. Thank you for your
help.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In that case, I don't know why this isn't working. Did you F9 to
update the
field?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I used field braces using Ctrl+F9.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you use a Mail Merge toolbar button to insert the merge field?
If
not,
did you insert the field braces using Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined, which is
the
name
of
the merged field and not the real address like
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is
displayed,
I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're
using
Word
2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you
disable
this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to
the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in
message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and
show it
as
an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}}
and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/}
but it
does
not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK
"{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website.
Any
help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

I think I understand what you're saying, but I don't see the extra
mergefield. Here's what I did after reading your reply: I opened up Word
2003, typed the text "Google Site", selected the text, clicked the Insert
Hyperlink button, and put in "www.google.com" in the web address and clicked
OK. Back in the document, I only see { HYPERLINK "http://www.google.com/" }.
When I do Alt+F9, I see the correct text of "Google Site", but looking at
the field code view I don't see that text, I only see the hyperlink so I
don't know how to "code" the visible text.

I'll review the website you suggested, but I'm just wondering if I'm asking
too much. Here's my situation: I have a set of simple data (customer name,
team name and project name) and probably about 10-20 records a week. Each
week I need to send out a custom URL to each of the 10-20 records. The URL
simply needs the data "appended" to the end of it. I use Excel to create the
unique URL, and then I want to mail merge to make it easy by already having
the personalized email text and sending out the email with the URL within.
Because the URL could get long and bulky, I'd like to disguise it and make it
shorter. Plain text email format shouldn't be a problem because I'm using
our company default of HTML email format (Outlook) and most people will
receive it that way as well.

Perhaps I just need to find another process, or resort to having my customer
manually disguise the URL each time they send out the email.

Thanks!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The field you cite will insert a hyperlink but not a "disguised" one, which
would require an extra mergefield to insert the display text. To see what
I'm talking about, examine an existing hyperlink that displays text other
than the actual URL (press Alt+F9 to see the field code). See also
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HyperlinkProbs.htm

Plain-text emails don't permit hyperlinks with different display text; this
may be possible in HTML, but I'm not sure how well it survives mail merging.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"SweetBloodhound" wrote in
message ...
Help! I am having the same problem myself, only I can't get it to work,
even
with using F9 (which I didn't know about till reading this post).

I have a Word Email merge document that I'm trying to disguise the URL
link
which is a field from Excel. That is, I am merging data from Excel into
Word, into an Email format merge document, and I have a specific URL for
each
record. The URL is in Excel, and I'd like to have it appear in the Email
as
a disguised active link.

Is this possible? Everytime I try doing the {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
"URL"}"}, the Hyperlink part loses it's "greyness" (field code shading)
and
doesn't work.

Any tips would be appreciated!

Trying The Impossible?




"Laetitia" wrote:

I apologise. I was not using F9 to do the update. Thank you for your
help.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In that case, I don't know why this isn't working. Did you F9 to
update the
field?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I used field braces using Ctrl+F9.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you use a Mail Merge toolbar button to insert the merge field?
If
not,
did you insert the field braces using Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined, which is
the
name
of
the merged field and not the real address like
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is
displayed,
I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if you're
using
Word
2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless you
disable
this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to
the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in
message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document and
show it
as
an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}}
and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK http://www.bbc.co.uk/}
but it
does
not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK
"{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the website.
Any
help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

The hyperlink I was referencing is shown in Figure 5. It has an \o switch
that is followed by the display text in quotes. So if you added

\o "{ MERGEFIELD DisplayText }"

to your hyperlink, there's a better chance that it would work.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"SweetBloodhound" wrote in
message ...
I think I understand what you're saying, but I don't see the extra
mergefield. Here's what I did after reading your reply: I opened up Word
2003, typed the text "Google Site", selected the text, clicked the Insert
Hyperlink button, and put in "www.google.com" in the web address and
clicked
OK. Back in the document, I only see { HYPERLINK
"http://www.google.com/" }.
When I do Alt+F9, I see the correct text of "Google Site", but looking at
the field code view I don't see that text, I only see the hyperlink so I
don't know how to "code" the visible text.

I'll review the website you suggested, but I'm just wondering if I'm
asking
too much. Here's my situation: I have a set of simple data (customer
name,
team name and project name) and probably about 10-20 records a week. Each
week I need to send out a custom URL to each of the 10-20 records. The
URL
simply needs the data "appended" to the end of it. I use Excel to create
the
unique URL, and then I want to mail merge to make it easy by already
having
the personalized email text and sending out the email with the URL within.
Because the URL could get long and bulky, I'd like to disguise it and make
it
shorter. Plain text email format shouldn't be a problem because I'm using
our company default of HTML email format (Outlook) and most people will
receive it that way as well.

Perhaps I just need to find another process, or resort to having my
customer
manually disguise the URL each time they send out the email.

Thanks!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The field you cite will insert a hyperlink but not a "disguised" one,
which
would require an extra mergefield to insert the display text. To see
what
I'm talking about, examine an existing hyperlink that displays text
other
than the actual URL (press Alt+F9 to see the field code). See also
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HyperlinkProbs.htm

Plain-text emails don't permit hyperlinks with different display text;
this
may be possible in HTML, but I'm not sure how well it survives mail
merging.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"SweetBloodhound" wrote in
message ...
Help! I am having the same problem myself, only I can't get it to
work,
even
with using F9 (which I didn't know about till reading this post).

I have a Word Email merge document that I'm trying to disguise the URL
link
which is a field from Excel. That is, I am merging data from Excel
into
Word, into an Email format merge document, and I have a specific URL
for
each
record. The URL is in Excel, and I'd like to have it appear in the
Email
as
a disguised active link.

Is this possible? Everytime I try doing the {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
"URL"}"}, the Hyperlink part loses it's "greyness" (field code
shading)
and
doesn't work.

Any tips would be appreciated!

Trying The Impossible?




"Laetitia" wrote:

I apologise. I was not using F9 to do the update. Thank you for
your
help.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In that case, I don't know why this isn't working. Did you F9 to
update the
field?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I used field braces using Ctrl+F9.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you use a Mail Merge toolbar button to insert the merge
field?
If
not,
did you insert the field braces using Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to
the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in
message
...
I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined,
which is
the
name
of
the merged field and not the real address like
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is
displayed,
I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if
you're
using
Word
2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless
you
disable
this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Laetitia" wrote in
message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document
and
show it
as
an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}}
and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/}
but it
does
not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK
"{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the
website.
Any
help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

[JLipsky]

Suzanne,
The switch \o is used for the tip - I still haven't found a means in Word
2003 SP2 mail merge to have a disguised Hyperlink. Surely there must be a
way! Help!

Thanks, Joy-Ellen

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The hyperlink I was referencing is shown in Figure 5. It has an \o switch
that is followed by the display text in quotes. So if you added

\o "{ MERGEFIELD DisplayText }"

to your hyperlink, there's a better chance that it would work.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"SweetBloodhound" wrote in
message ...
I think I understand what you're saying, but I don't see the extra
mergefield. Here's what I did after reading your reply: I opened up Word
2003, typed the text "Google Site", selected the text, clicked the Insert
Hyperlink button, and put in "www.google.com" in the web address and
clicked
OK. Back in the document, I only see { HYPERLINK
"http://www.google.com/" }.
When I do Alt+F9, I see the correct text of "Google Site", but looking at
the field code view I don't see that text, I only see the hyperlink so I
don't know how to "code" the visible text.

I'll review the website you suggested, but I'm just wondering if I'm
asking
too much. Here's my situation: I have a set of simple data (customer
name,
team name and project name) and probably about 10-20 records a week. Each
week I need to send out a custom URL to each of the 10-20 records. The
URL
simply needs the data "appended" to the end of it. I use Excel to create
the
unique URL, and then I want to mail merge to make it easy by already
having
the personalized email text and sending out the email with the URL within.
Because the URL could get long and bulky, I'd like to disguise it and make
it
shorter. Plain text email format shouldn't be a problem because I'm using
our company default of HTML email format (Outlook) and most people will
receive it that way as well.

Perhaps I just need to find another process, or resort to having my
customer
manually disguise the URL each time they send out the email.

Thanks!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The field you cite will insert a hyperlink but not a "disguised" one,
which
would require an extra mergefield to insert the display text. To see
what
I'm talking about, examine an existing hyperlink that displays text
other
than the actual URL (press Alt+F9 to see the field code). See also
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HyperlinkProbs.htm

Plain-text emails don't permit hyperlinks with different display text;
this
may be possible in HTML, but I'm not sure how well it survives mail
merging.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"SweetBloodhound" wrote in
message ...
Help! I am having the same problem myself, only I can't get it to
work,
even
with using F9 (which I didn't know about till reading this post).

I have a Word Email merge document that I'm trying to disguise the URL
link
which is a field from Excel. That is, I am merging data from Excel
into
Word, into an Email format merge document, and I have a specific URL
for
each
record. The URL is in Excel, and I'd like to have it appear in the
Email
as
a disguised active link.

Is this possible? Everytime I try doing the {HYPERLINK "{MERGEFIELD
"URL"}"}, the Hyperlink part loses it's "greyness" (field code
shading)
and
doesn't work.

Any tips would be appreciated!

Trying The Impossible?




"Laetitia" wrote:

I apologise. I was not using F9 to do the update. Thank you for
your
help.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In that case, I don't know why this isn't working. Did you F9 to
update the
field?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Laetitia" wrote in message
...
I used field braces using Ctrl+F9.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you use a Mail Merge toolbar button to insert the merge
field?
If
not,
did you insert the field braces using Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to
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"Laetitia" wrote in
message
...
I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined,
which is
the
name
of
the merged field and not the real address like
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code is
displayed,
I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if
you're
using
Word
2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking (unless
you
disable
this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups
to
the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in
message
...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word document
and
show it
as
an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}}
and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/}
but it
does
not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK
"{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the
website.
Any
help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You may be able to do this in HTML mail but not in plain text.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"JLipsky" wrote in message
...
Suzanne,
The switch \o is used for the tip - I still haven't found a means in Word
2003 SP2 mail merge to have a disguised Hyperlink. Surely there must be a
way! Help!

Thanks, Joy-Ellen

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The hyperlink I was referencing is shown in Figure 5. It has an \o
switch
that is followed by the display text in quotes. So if you added

\o "{ MERGEFIELD DisplayText }"

to your hyperlink, there's a better chance that it would work.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"SweetBloodhound" wrote in
message ...
I think I understand what you're saying, but I don't see the extra
mergefield. Here's what I did after reading your reply: I opened up
Word
2003, typed the text "Google Site", selected the text, clicked the
Insert
Hyperlink button, and put in "www.google.com" in the web address and
clicked
OK. Back in the document, I only see { HYPERLINK
"http://www.google.com/" }.
When I do Alt+F9, I see the correct text of "Google Site", but
looking at
the field code view I don't see that text, I only see the hyperlink so
I
don't know how to "code" the visible text.

I'll review the website you suggested, but I'm just wondering if I'm
asking
too much. Here's my situation: I have a set of simple data (customer
name,
team name and project name) and probably about 10-20 records a week.
Each
week I need to send out a custom URL to each of the 10-20 records.
The
URL
simply needs the data "appended" to the end of it. I use Excel to
create
the
unique URL, and then I want to mail merge to make it easy by already
having
the personalized email text and sending out the email with the URL
within.
Because the URL could get long and bulky, I'd like to disguise it and
make
it
shorter. Plain text email format shouldn't be a problem because I'm
using
our company default of HTML email format (Outlook) and most people
will
receive it that way as well.

Perhaps I just need to find another process, or resort to having my
customer
manually disguise the URL each time they send out the email.

Thanks!


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The field you cite will insert a hyperlink but not a "disguised"
one,
which
would require an extra mergefield to insert the display text. To see
what
I'm talking about, examine an existing hyperlink that displays text
other
than the actual URL (press Alt+F9 to see the field code). See also
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HyperlinkProbs.htm

Plain-text emails don't permit hyperlinks with different display
text;
this
may be possible in HTML, but I'm not sure how well it survives mail
merging.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"SweetBloodhound" wrote
in
message ...
Help! I am having the same problem myself, only I can't get it to
work,
even
with using F9 (which I didn't know about till reading this post).

I have a Word Email merge document that I'm trying to disguise the
URL
link
which is a field from Excel. That is, I am merging data from
Excel
into
Word, into an Email format merge document, and I have a specific
URL
for
each
record. The URL is in Excel, and I'd like to have it appear in
the
Email
as
a disguised active link.

Is this possible? Everytime I try doing the {HYPERLINK
"{MERGEFIELD
"URL"}"}, the Hyperlink part loses it's "greyness" (field code
shading)
and
doesn't work.

Any tips would be appreciated!

Trying The Impossible?




"Laetitia" wrote:

I apologise. I was not using F9 to do the update. Thank you
for
your
help.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

In that case, I don't know why this isn't working. Did you F9
to
update the
field?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to
the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in
message
...
I used field braces using Ctrl+F9.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you use a Mail Merge toolbar button to insert the
merge
field?
If
not,
did you insert the field braces using Ctrl+F9?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups
to
the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote in
message
...
I can toggle the field but I get WebAddress underlined,
which is
the
name
of
the merged field and not the real address like
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
for
example) and when I click the link nothing happens.
Laetitia

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Links are not generally clickable while the field code
is
displayed,
I
think, so you may just need to toggle fields. But if
you're
using
Word
2002
or 2003, you must also press Ctrl while clicking
(unless
you
disable
this
option on the Edit tab of Tools | Options).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all
follow-ups
to
the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Laetitia" wrote
in
message

...
I am trying to merge a web address to a word
document
and
show it
as
an
hyperlink. I have tried to do {HYPERLINK
{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}}
and
after
the merge it comes up as {HYPERLINK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/}
but it
does
not
work. I have also tried to double quotes {HYPERLINK
"{MERGEFIELD
WebAddress}" } but it still did not take me to the
website.
Any
help
would
be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Laetitia