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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi John –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steve <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Miller via NFBCS<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 9, 2023 10:30 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> John Miller <johnmillerphd@hotmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFBCS] copy and pasting subject line from Outlook in Office 365 question<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The way I am doing it seems a bit complicated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Do others have a more direct way to grab this data?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I bring the focus of Outlook to the body of the e-mail.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I press shift-tab 6 times to get to the subject line.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I type ctrl-shift-down-arrow to highlight the subject line.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I execute a typical copy and paste with ctrl-c, move to my application of choice and paste with ctrl-v.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This displays the subject line to the braille display as a flash message that shows for a few seconds and then disappears.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If I need to review the subject line carefully and want the subject line to persist on the braille display,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then the alt-tab 6 times from the body of the message shows me the subject line.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>How do I quickly go back to the body of the e-mail when I am on the subject line?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is faster than alt-tab 6 more times.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On a related note, if I am drafting an e-mail I do see that Outlook has the keyboard shortcuts:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To button as alt-t, cc button as alt-c, and subject line as alt-u.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Of these I find subject line alt-u the most useful.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some reasons to copy information from the subject line of an e-mail:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>colleagues sometimes provide meeting entry codes or 10-digit phone numbers on the subject line with a blank e-mail.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>