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

[Curtis Chong]

Greetings:

 

If you double tap the five while holding down the Alt key, your focus will
move to the Subject area. Then, you can press CTRL+A followed by CTRL+C to
copy the subject.

 

Another way to do this is to press CTRL+R to open up a reply, arrow down to
the Subject, copy what you need, then press Escape to close.

 

Cordially,

 

Curtis Chong

 

From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of John Miller via NFBCS
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2023 9:30 AM
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Cc: John Miller <johnmillerphd at hotmail.com>
Subject: [NFBCS] copy and pasting subject line from Outlook in Office 365
question

 

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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