WD2002: Hyperlink in Body of "Merge to E-mail" Message Merges as Plain Text (813673)
The information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMSWhen you use Microsoft Word 2002 to merge to e-mail messages
in HTML mail format, if the body of your e-mail message contains a hyperlink,
the hyperlink merges as plain text.RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307841 OFFXP: How to Obtain the Latest
Office XP Service Pack
After you install the latest Office XP service
pack, add the following registry key if the registry key does not already
exist: KEY:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options DWORD VALUE: MailMergeSpecialChars SETTING: 1 To do this, follow these steps:
- Quit all programs that are running.
- Click Start, and then click
Run.
- In the Open box, type
regedit, and then click OK.
- Expand the Windows registry to locate the following
registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options - On the Edit, point to
New, and then click DWORD Value.
- Type MailMergeSpecialChars, and then
press ENTER.
- Right-click MailMergeSpecialChars, and
then click Modify.
- In the Value data box, type
1, and then click OK.
- On the Registry menu, click
Exit.
STATUS Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
at the beginning of this article.
This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 2.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 5/25/2006 |
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Keywords: | kbBug kbprb KB813673 |
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