Linking to an e-mail address

You can create a link to an e-mail address. When a website visitor clicks the link, Contribute creates a new message, with the e-mail address you specified, in the visitor's default e-mail application.

For example, you might create the text link "Contact us about our new products!" When a visitor clicks the link, Contribute starts the visitor's e-mail application and creates an e-mail message to the Sales department.

To create a link to an e-mail address:

1. In your draft, do one of the following to indicate where the link will appear:
   • Place the insertion point in the draft.
   • Select text in the draft.
   • Select an image in the draft.
2. Do one of the following to open the Link dialog box:
   • Click the Link button in the toolbar, and then select E-mail Address.
   • Select Insert > Link > E-mail Address.
   • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and then select Insert Link.

   The Insert Link dialog box appears.

   
   
   

3. Click the E-mail Address button (Windows) or E-mail button (Macintosh) at the top of the dialog box, if it is not already selected.
4. Complete the dialog box.

   For more information, see Completing the E-mail section of the Insert Link dialog box.

5. Click OK.

   Contribute adds the link to the page.

Related topics

• Linking to a draft or a recently published page on your website
• Linking to a new page
• Linking to a page on your website or on another website
• Linking to a file on your computer

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