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Inserting Links in a TextLocate this document in the navigation structure

Prerequisites

You must have selected a document to change.

Context

You can insert links in messages. A connection (a 'link') can be created to the following objects:

  • A Web page

  • A mail address so that a send process can be started via the link

  • Another document

  • A Business object

  • A telephone number so that a telephone call can be started via the link

Procedure

  1. On the tab page Document content, position the cursor on the place in the text where the link should be inserted.
  2. The rest of the procedure depends on the link type required:

    Link Type

    Description

    Web page

    1. Choose Start of the navigation path Insert Next navigation step Web site End of the navigation path.

    2. In the subsequent dialog box, specify the name of the Web page and, if necessary, the name with which the link in the text is to be displayed.

      You can also copy the URL in your Web browser and insert it using in the dialog box.

    A document stored in the Business Workplace

    1. Choose Start of the navigation path Insert Next navigation step Document link End of the navigation path.

    2. Select a folder in the Folder selection dialog box.

      A list is displayed of all the documents that are stored in the folder selected.

    3. Select the required document by double-clicking on it.

      You and the internal recipients of the document can display the selected document from the link.

    Business object

    1. Choose Start of the navigation path Insert Next navigation step Object link End of the navigation path.

    2. In the subsequent dialog box, select an object type by double-clicking.

    3. Specify which object you want to create as an attachment. Which options you have and how you are to proceed further depends on the object type selected.

      You and the internal recipients of the document can display the selected business object from the link.

    Mailto

    1. Choose Start of the navigation path Insert Next navigation step Mailto End of the navigation path.

    2. In the subsequent dialog box, specify the recipient in the format mailto: <Recipient> and, if necessary, the name with which the link in the text is to be displayed.

      You can also copy the recipient in a different place and insert it using in the dialog box.

      You and the internal recipients of the document can execute the mailto, in order to branch to the send screen. A message can be created there and sent to the recipient specified in the field mailto.

    Telephone number

    1. Choose Start of the navigation path Insert Next navigation step Object link End of the navigation path.

      In the subsequent dialog box, specify the telephone number and the country of the caller and, if necessary, the name with which the link in the text is to be displayed.

    2. You and the internal recipients can branch to the dialog box for initiating a telephone call from the link. To be able to actually initiate a telephone call, the telephone must be connected to the SAP system.

Results

A link is created in the text and can be used in the display mode of the document.

Note

External recipients cannot use links to documents and Business objects stored in the SAP system.

Note

You have created a link to the URL http://www.stuttgart.de and specified the name Stuttgart's Homepage. The link is displayed in change mode with <A HREF="http://www.stuttgart.de">Stuttgart's Homepage</A>. The link Stuttgart's Homepage is displayed in display mode.

You have created a mailto to the external address Anna Romanow and specified the name Message for Mrs. Romanow. The link is displayed in change mode, for example, with <A HREF="mailto:C11CLNT000ADDRESS &AD 0000014687INT 001 *<OBJECT>*">Message for Mrs. Romanow</A>. The executable link Message for Mrs. Romanow is displayed in display mode.