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RE: using a backslash in a Hypertext marker

David Foster [mailto:dfoster@Brixnet.com] wrote:

> Message URL \\brixcorp\\Marketing\\Release-Planning works 
> fine, (double)
> backslashes and all. (The first backslash is used to identify 
> the second as
> a literal.
> 
> Thanks to all who replied.

Well, you may be able to *get away* with it as long as you're strictly in a Windows environment, but you *really should* use forward slashes. As Thomas said, that's the *correct* way to specify a URL. 

If your readers are purely Windows-centric and you want to display the link with backslashes, you can do as I suggested, and use backslashes in the _text_ associated with the hypertext marker (what readers see and click). But it's bad practice to format the hypertext command that way. 

"It's my opinion and it's very true."

Richard


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