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How to auto email with cc or bcc field by mailto function in Excel?

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When creating a mailto hyperlink in Excel, you can automate email generation with pre-filled fields like CC, BCC, subject, and body text. In this article, we will show you how to set up a mailto link that includes CC and BCC fields in Excel.

Auto email with cc or bcc field by mailto function in Excel


Auto email with cc or bcc field by mailto function in Excel

Please do as follows to add CC or BCC fields in the mailto function.

1. Select the cell with the text you want to add mailto hyperlink.

2. Click Insert > Hyperlink.

A screenshot showing Insert > Hyperlink option in Excel for adding mailto link

3. In the Insert Hyperlink dialog box, you need to:

1). Click E-mail Address in the Link to pane;

2). Enter the To recipient address in the E-mail address box;

3). The email subject, CC and BCC recipients, and the email body should all be included in the Subject box.

If you want to auto create an email with subject “Subject test”, cc and bcc recipients happy.xuebi@163.com and happysiluvia@gmail.com, and the email body “new test mail”, please copy and paste Subject test&cc=happy.xuebi@163.com;&bcc=happysiluvia@gmail.com;&body=new test mail into the Subject box;

The Format is Subject Message&cc=e-mail address;&bcc=e-mail address;&body=Text of the message, please change it for your own needs.

4). And then click the OK button. See screenshot:

A screenshot of the Insert Hyperlink dialog with email address, subject, and cc/bcc options in Excel

4. Now the mailto hyperlink is created. Click on this hyperlink, an Outlook email message will auto create with all specified information included.

A screenshot of an Outlook email draft created with mailto hyperlink from Excel, showing populated To, CC, BCC, and body fields

Note: This method is available when you use Outlook as your mail program.

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