I don’t get Entourage. In some ways it’s way better than Outlook. In others, it’s horribly worse. What gives Microsoft? Couldn’t it at least be consistent on some features like Insert Web Address? I mean, E-mail does use the Internet, right? That said, it would suppose that from time to time, one would want to add a link into a message for a friend to go visit. Right? But don’t try looking for Insert URL or Web Link in Entourage thinking it’ll be there like it is in Outlook. Nope. You’ll be stuck wasting time and coming up with a big empty. Lame.

This one’s for you Fletch. I found a work around.

Barry Wainwright is a man who has felt our pain and has written a few AppleScripts to get that stinkin’ web address into your Entourage message. He has written a script for both Firefox and Safari. Similar to a script I use for submitting articles to Macsurfer, Barry’s script will insert the address of the current web site you are at to the foremost Entourage window. It’ll insert the full address in pure HTML code. Just like that!

Thankfully, people like Barry understands our needs more than Microsoft. He’s got a pulse on the people. Thanks, Barry.

8 Responses to “Insert Web Addresses in Entourage with AppleScript”

1. Fletch Says:
   June 19th, 2007 at 10:09

   Wow! That is much better than the talk in the shower Blackberry phone. As a matter of fact, I am going to send you an Entourage email…with a link to something cool…
   Thanks Sven! Proving yet again…there is nothing you can’t solve

2. Barry Wainwright Says:
   June 25th, 2007 at 8:19

   Thanks for the kind words, Sven – glad you like my scripts

   There are more available on my web site

   –
   Barry

3. Bob Thomas Says:
   January 4th, 2010 at 13:30

   It’s absolutely mind-boggling that MSFT does not provide some super-simple way to insert a link in an Entourage email.

4. Sven Says:
   January 4th, 2010 at 13:36

   Outlook 2010 for the Mac will surely fix this.

5. Amelia Gray Says:
   August 11th, 2010 at 20:00

   i own both Blackberry and iPhone, i would say that iPhone has great ergonomics,”,

6. Evie Roberts Says:
   August 12th, 2010 at 0:00

   i own both Blackberry and iPhone, i would say that iPhone has great ergonomics-,:

7. Andrew Jackson Says:
   September 30th, 2010 at 8:55

   blackberry phone is really the best, much better than iphone in my opinion’;,

8. Granite Tiles  Says:
   October 17th, 2010 at 22:36

   blackberry phone and iphone are two of the greatest phone that i owned,.~