Mailto and subject URL link help

[Deefadog]

Hi all,

I have an interactive pdf document i am creating in Indesign. The links are for the sales force to send to customers.

I have been using this which works (and the sales person can send to his customers) - 

mailto:?subject=Product Support&body=To%20view%20this%20link%20go%20to%20http://google.com

But instead of just showing the URL in full in the Body of the email i need to have it like this example as you would in html:

 <a href="http://www.google.com/“>Click here</a>.

Any idea how I format the code to do this?

Thank you so much for any help.

[Scott Falkner · Accepted solution]

Email is a text only format. Always has been, always will be. Most email clients can convert what looks like a URL to a clickable link. Most will also render HTML in an email message, although the HTML is plain text and images are usually linked to external sites. If you try inserting HTML code into the email it may render as you want or it may not. But since most email clients will parse URLs properly perhaps your best bet is to just leave the link at text and hope the users’ email client can handle it. 

[Deefadog]

Thanks Scott,

Understood! The issue i have is that the links to product brochures are really long and get broken up when displayed in the email. I think the only option is to use Bit.ly or an alternative i guess.

Thanks for the explanation though!