Outlook macro for automatically converting plain text to link?

[nrogers64]

I'm a computer technician and often e-mail my coworkers about work orders I'm working on. I refer to the work orders using their number. So, for example, an e-mail to a coworker might say:

"The problem I'm working on now reminds me of work order 12345."

To make things easier for my coworkers, I highlight the "work order 12345" part, right-click it, choose "Hyperlink...", paste the address to the work order into the "Address" text field, and push enter. I'm wondering if there's a way to automate this process. Can anybody help?



Thanks!