Hi Michael,

Word can recognize items 'typed' as URLs in a document
if the Autocorrect settings for that are turned on.
You didn't mention the version of Word you're using
but, for example, if you were to type
"mailto:patsmith@zzz.com" (without the quotes) rather than
<a href=mailto:patsmith@zzz.com>Pat Smith</a>
for example Word will convert the first one to a hyperlink
likewise typing
  'http://www.cnn.com'  rather than
<a href=http://www.cnn.com>CNN</a>
will work in a Word document whether you save
it as .HTM or .DOC format.

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I've been playing with a calculation in a query so that
when I mailmerge into Word I get hyperlinked text. (so
that i can then save the word document as HTML and have
workable hyperlinks)

Basically I want to have the authors name hyperlinked with
their email address.  Not all authors have email
addresses, so:

AuthorAdd: IIf(IsNull([Author_email]),[Author],"<a
href=mailto:"+[Author_email]+">"+[Author]+"</a>")

When I do this, though, it obviously mailmerges into word
and what ends up showing up is, e.g.:
<a href=mailto:patsmith@zzz.com>Pat Smith</a>

RATHER than "Pat Smith" who's name is hyperlinked to her
email address.

Likewise, I want to create an active URL for the
publications.

Here is the query calculation:

PublicationAdd: IIf(IsNull([Publication_URL]),
[Publication],"<a href="+[Publication_URL]+">"+
[Publication]+"</a>")

Again, rather than putting the name of the newspaper which
can be clicked to their URL, it results in, e.g.

<a href=http://www.cnn.com>CNN</a>

Any suggestions? Thanks

michael>>