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.5.Click OK.Your picture appears at the insertion point.Recipients who don t have HTML e-mail clients will see theimage as a regular attachment, not as an inline image.Recipients whose e-mail clients have nographics capability will see only the alternate text.Note Alternate text will appear in place of the image if the recipient s e-mail client haspictures turned off or cannot display them.Alternate text also appears while theimage is loading.Outlook Express can import images in GIF, JPEG (JPG), bitmap (BMP), WindowsXPtafile (WMF), XBM, and ART formats.The default import formats are GIF andpage 133 Windows XP BibleJPEG.You can choose a different format from the Files Of Type drop-down listshown at the bottom of Figure 8-16.Inserting a hyperlinkBy now, you ve probably had experience browsing the World Wide Web and you know you can clickhyperlinks on a Web page to jump to another place on the Internet or to perform some action, such assending e-mail or downloading a file.Well, guess what? You can insert your own hyperlinks into any e-mail message (see Figure 8-17).Figure 8-17: An e-mail message with an underlined hyperlink for http://www.hungryminds.comOutlook Express automatically creates hyperlinks from valid e-mail addresses and URLs as soon as youtype them into a message and press the spacebar or Enter key.For example, after I type my e-mailaddress (alan@coolnerds.com) or the URL of my home page (http://www.coolnerds.com) andpress the spacebar or the Enter key, Outlook Express automatically converts the text to an underlinedblue hyperlink.The message recipient simply clicks the hyperlink to send me an e-mail message or tojump to my home page on the Web.You also can create hyperlinks manually, using any text you want.For example, you may want yourmessage to include a sentence, such as:Click here to send me an e-mail message or click here to download a heavenly recipe.In this example, the first appearance of the word here is a hyperlink that sends me an e-mail message;the second appearance of the word here is a hyperlink that sends my favorite recipe for cinnamon rollsto your computer (just kidding, I don t cook).To create a hyperlink manually from any existing text, follow these steps:1.Select the text you want to use as a hyperlink.2.Click the Create Hyperlink button on the Formatting toolbar.You ll see the Hyperlinkdialog box, shown in Figure 8-18.page 134 Windows XP BibleFigure 8-18: The Hyperlink dialog box3.Click the drop-down arrow in the Type box and select one of the types listed in Table 8-2.The type you select is filled in as the prefix in the URL box.4.Click after the prefix in the URL box and type the rest of the URL.5.Click OK.Table 8-2: Types of URLs You Can Use to Create HyperlinksSample Entry in Type the URL Box Description(other) Any link that doesn t fit one of theoptions belowfile: Opens the file specified in the URL boxon the recipient s computer (if it s there.)file://c:/windows/desktop/wrinkledpaper.bmpDownloads the file specified in the URLftp:box ftp://ftp.microsoft.comGoes to the Gopher site specified in thegopher:URL box gopher://gopher.well.comGoes to the Web page specified in thehttp:URL box http://www.hungryminds.comGoes to the secure Web page specifiedhttps:in the URL boxhttps://www.securesite.comSends a new message to the e-mailmailto:address specified in the URL boxmailto:alan@coolnerds.comGoes to the newsgroup specified in thenews:URL boxnews://news.newusers.questionstelnet: Establishes a Telnet link to the computerspecified in the URL boxtelnet:compuserve.comwais Establishes a link to a Wide AreaInformation Server (wais)wais://info.cern.chpage 135 Windows XP BibleThe selected text becomes a hyperlink in your message.To change a hyperlink you created manually, repeat the preceding Steps 1 through 5.To change amanual hyperlink to plain text, select the hyperlink text, delete it, and then retype it.Choosing a background color or pictureNormally your e-mail message will have whatever background color is the default for the recipient s e-mail program or browser.You can, however, specify the background color or even use a picture as thebackground, as I did in Figure 8-19.Figure 8-19: This message uses a picture of ivy, which comes with Outlook Express, as a background andbig bold text for added readability [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]