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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Aug 29, 2016 8:17AM

https://www.outlook-apps.com/alt-text-images-outlook/ <https://www.outlook-apps.com/alt-text-images-outlook/>

Use the Outlook 2013 image format properties
After you insert the image in your email, select it by clicking once on it and then right click to open the image menu: on the right click menu, select Format Picture. Outlook 2013 will open a new menu on the right side of the email editor, with the image formatting options. Choose Layout & Properties and the select the ALT text option:

Note: according to our tests carried with Outlook 2013 15.0.4517.1003, there seems to be a bug in the way Outlook inserts the ALT text. You would expect the Title (on the Picture Format properties) to refer to the HTML image Title attribute, but it doesn't! Both the image Title and Description texts are added inside the ALT attribute text, including the words Title & Description. We're not sure why Outlook handles it like this…


Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com

> On Aug 29, 2016, at 9:06 AM, Jamous, JP < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Paul,
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> How do you accomplish such a thing?
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> Jean-Pierre Jamous
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> UI Accessibility Team
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