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

[Charles Vanek]

I’m not sure where you are copying into, but if you are in the message list and you control+c to copy the message, If you paste into something accepting text and not embedded objects or files Windows will paste two lines.  The first being the column headers, the second is the fields which includes the subject if that is in your column list.  It will also contain the From, Date, Size and other fields too, all tab separated.

Probably not exactly what you want, but could be relevant and a tidbit for others.

As many probably know if you paste that into something like another email message or a file folder it will paste the actual email file.

Best,
Charles



> On Jan 9, 2023, at 12:08 PM, Gene Kim via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi John,
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> I'm not sure if this will work for others, but I'm able to press enter on any part of the message body given it's not a link. It changes my JAWS focus to the subject line.
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> Cheers,
> Gene
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> On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 9:27 AM John Miller via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfbcs at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>> Steve and Curtis,
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>> Thank you for your suggestions.
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>> Best regards,
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>> John
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>> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org>> On Behalf Of Steve Shelton via NFBCS
>> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2023 8:49 AM
>> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfbcs at nfbnet.org>>
>> Cc: Steve Shelton <stevesheltonokc at gmail.com <mailto:stevesheltonokc at gmail.com>>
>> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] copy and pasting subject line from Outlook in Office 365 question
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>> Hi John –
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>> If you are using JAWS, the layered history command (JAWSkey + H) will give you recent text read/display by JAWS in a window you can easily select and copy.    . You can press alt + 4 before activating the history to read the subject to ensure it is in the history.
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>> Steve  
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>> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org>> On Behalf Of John Miller via NFBCS
>> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2023 10:30 AM
>> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfbcs at nfbnet.org>>
>> Cc: John Miller <johnmillerphd at hotmail.com <mailto:johnmillerphd at hotmail.com>>
>> Subject: [NFBCS] copy and pasting subject line from Outlook in Office 365 question
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>> Hello,
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>> 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.
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>> The way I am doing it seems a bit complicated.
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>> Do others have a more direct way to grab this data?
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>> I bring the focus of Outlook to the body of the e-mail.
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>> I press shift-tab 6 times to get to the subject line.
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>> I type ctrl-shift-down-arrow to highlight the subject line.
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>> I execute a typical copy and paste with ctrl-c, move to my application of choice and paste with ctrl-v.
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>> 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.
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>> This displays the subject line to the braille display as a flash message that shows for a few seconds and then disappears.
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>> If I need to review the subject line carefully and want the subject line to persist on the braille display,
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>> Then the alt-tab 6 times from the body of the message shows me the subject line.
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>> How do I quickly go back to the body of the e-mail when I am on the subject line?
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>> 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.
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>> This is faster than alt-tab 6 more times.
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>> On a related note, if I am drafting an e-mail I do see that Outlook has the keyboard shortcuts:
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>> To button as alt-t, cc button as alt-c, and subject line as alt-u.
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>> Of these I find subject line alt-u the most useful.
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>> Some reasons to copy information from the subject line of an e-mail:
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>> colleagues sometimes provide meeting entry codes or 10-digit phone numbers on the subject line with a blank e-mail.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Best regards,
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>> John
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