How to add Alt Text within Email Images in all versions of outlook

 

 

Outlook Classic

1. Insert an image into your email

Students posing with large blue “CANTON” letters on a college campus walkway, surrounded by trees and a stone monument.
2. Right-Click on the image

3. Select the "View Alt Text..." option

Click the "View Alt Text..." option in the menu after right clicking the image.
4. Type 1-2 sentences describing the object.

Alt Text Guidlines: Describe subjects in detail, describe the setting, describe actions or interactions, and other relivant information.
New Outlook/Web Outlook
1. Insert an image into your email

2. Right click on the image

3. Click "Add alternate text" option

Click the "Add alternatate text" option in the right-click menu.

4. A window will appear and allow you to type a description for your image.

Screenshot of an Alt Text Typing box for an image.


 

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