[NFBCS] copy and pasting subject line from Outlook in Office 365 question

[John Miller]

Hello,
In Microsoft Outlook which is part of Office 365 I sometimes wish to copy and paste the information on the subject line of an e-mail I receive into another application.
The way I am doing it seems a bit complicated.
Do others have a more direct way to grab this data?

I bring the focus of Outlook to the body of the e-mail.
I press shift-tab 6 times to get to the subject line.
I type ctrl-shift-down-arrow to highlight the subject line.
I execute a typical copy and paste with ctrl-c, move to my application of choice and paste with ctrl-v.

If I just need to read the subject line with the braille display I can move to the body of the e-mail and press alt-5.
This displays the subject line to the braille display as a flash message that shows for a few seconds and then disappears.
If I need to review the subject line carefully and want the subject line to persist on the braille display,
Then the alt-tab 6 times from the body of the message shows me the subject line.
How do I quickly go back to the body of the e-mail when I am on the subject line?
At this time, I press escape to return to a list of my e-mails and return to the body of the e-mail with enter.
This is faster than alt-tab 6 more times.

On a related note, if I am drafting an e-mail I do see that Outlook has the keyboard shortcuts:
To button as alt-t, cc button as alt-c, and subject line as alt-u.
Of these I find subject line alt-u the most useful.

Some reasons to copy information from the subject line of an e-mail:
colleagues sometimes provide meeting entry codes or 10-digit phone numbers on the subject line with a blank e-mail.
I prefer the subject line to steer the user to the kind of information rather than be the essential piece but others have a different view.
When I share a link from the Safari web browser on the iPhone, the name of the link comes on the subject line and the link itself appears as the body of the e-mail.
Best regards,
John



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