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From: Caid, Lisa M.
Date: Mar 11, 2015 11:34AM

No Olaf, not until you asked me to.

Yes, now I've used my Android 4.4.4 phone to access Microsoft Outlook Web Access, to view my email inbox. (I read the email without using any AT on my phone.)

The email that I sent to the WebAIM list lost the layout table in the send process. But the information that was in the table is still in a logical reading order.

Sincerely,

Lisa Caid
Accessibility Coordinator
Information Technology - Accessibility
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-----Original Message-----
From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Olaf Drümmer
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 12:20 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accessible layout table for Outlook email messages

Hi Lisa,

before getting into any accessibility details - did you try to read such an email on a mobile phone?

Olaf

On 11 Mar 2015, at 17:07, "Caid, Lisa M." < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> I hope you are having a good day. If I create an email message in Microsoft Outlook 2010 for Windows, using a simple 2 row, 1 column layout table, will it be accessible? Below is an example.
> [Image: department logo]
>
> Email content
>
>
> Will it be okay to add Heading and List styles, etc. to the email content inside the table?
> One reason to use the layout table is to format the email's page dimensions, 8.5 by 11 inches, uniformly. I haven't found a way to do that in Outlook, but I haven't searched Help yet. If I can reliably format page width in Outlook, like setting the page margins in Word, I would prefer to do this. Another reason to use the table is to add borders around the content for interest.
> My testing with JAWS version 13 and MS Outlook 2010 for Windows was successful. But I tend to ask the obvious for clarity.
> Thank you in advance for your help and patience.
> Sincerely,
>
> Lisa M. Caid
> Accessibility Coordinator
> Information Technology -
> Accessibility<http://www.wtamu.edu/about/web-accessibility.aspx>;
> West Texas A&M University
> <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> (806) 651-1241
> IT Service Center (806) 651-4357
>
> If you need email content or attachments in alternate formats for accessibility, please send your contact information and the specifics of your request to <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >.
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