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From: Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7500)
Date: Sep 13, 2010 8:06AM

Hi,

I myself do not create e-mails with images in them, but many folksin my organization do.
I have found instructions for adding ALT text to images in MS Word, and it is my understanding that they should carry over to an HTML e-mail with no problem. But it is also my understanding that Outlook 2007 does not display the ALT text for those images.

Any pointers that you'd recommend I pass along to those who insist on using images in their e-mails? Our issue right now is that people are sending out official announcements via e-mail and some of the actual content is in the images, which is why the ALT text is so important. In the interim, I'm suggesting that they make sure that any content essential to the announcement be directly in the text content and not in the images, until we figure out what to do with them.

Thanks so much!

Courtney