With Microsoft Outlook 98, you can link together associated Outlook items such as tasks, contacts, appointments, e-mail messages, etc., using Hyperlinks. You can use these hyperlinks to open any other Outlook folder or item. For example, you can insert a hyperlink in the notes area of a task record that when clicked, will open an associated contact record. Or you can type a hyperlink into an e-mail message that when clicked, opens a server-based Public folder.
This article defines the format and syntax for typing hyperlinks in Outlook items.
Use the formats below to add hyperlinks. You must include the greater than (>) and less than (<) symbols. You must include spaces if they are used in the folder name, or in the case of specific contacts, a space would be included between the first name and the last name. To specify one of the default folders, type it as it appears on the Outlook Bar.
To open a file in a Public Folder
Note: In the above example Word will open the document file. You do not need to proceed the file name with a tilde since it is not an Outlook item.