<P><B><I>Penny Linsenmayer <<A href="mailto:linsenma@hic.net">linsenma@hic.net</A>></I></B> wrote: <BR>
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<P>Formatting Questions -- noone ever really said, but is there an<BR>*easy* <BR>way to provide a link directly to the messages being cited? Dee <BR>posted some sort of coding example that made *no* sense whatever to <BR>me.</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><BR>I'm assuming that <EM>MS Word 97</EM> is being used to write these FAQ pages. This program is a bit of a pain since it may not do exactly what you want. But here's an example of how to get it to:</P>
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<LI>You want to have the text "See message Y-1234." where "Y-1234" is a hyperlink to the eGroups Archive site and open a new browser window that opens message 1234. <EM>MS Word 97</EM> is already running and your web page is being edited as a web page.<BR></LI>
<LI>Type the text "See message Y-1234."<BR></LI>
<LI>Highlight (i.e. select) the text "Y-1234"<BR></LI>
<LI>Choose menu: <STRONG>Insert-->Hyperlink...<BR></STRONG></LI>
<LI>The 'Insert Hyperlink' menu box will appear at which point you should type the following into the field '<STRONG>Link to file or URL:'</STRONG><BR><BR><TT>http://www.egroups.com/message/HPforGrownups-Archives/1234</TT><BR><BR>Everythink else will be blank and no boxes will be checked. Press <STRONG>Enter</STRONG>.<BR></LI>
<LI>Okay. Now for the real pain. I'm guessing that you want a new browser window to be used (I know would.) So, at this point you need to edit the HTML crud directly by choosing from the menu: <STRONG>View-->HTML Source<BR></STRONG></LI>
<LI>You will see tagged text like the following:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="CITE"><TT>See message <A HREF="http://www.egroups.com/message/HPforGrownups-Archives/1234">Y-1234</A>.</TT><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>Change it to:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="CITE"><TT><P>See message <A HREF="http://www.egroups.com/message/HPforGrownups-Archives/1234" target=_blank>Y-1234</A>.</P></TT></BLOCKQUOTE>The important think is to add "target=_blank" into the <A HREF> area if you want a new browser window to pop open.<BR></LI></OL>
<P>Word 2000 may be better at this but I haven't installed it yet. Someone else may know this answer. At any rate, if a new browser window is more trouble than its worth, just stopafter finishing step 5.<BR></P>
<P>Paul</P>
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