Try viewing this issue in the chrome developer tool. I bet you that inner table isn't expanding to the width of the td. The TD surrounding the table will be maxed to the full width. What's happening is the table is not inheriting the width correctly. Add border for an Outlook signature. Select the whole table in the inserted signature, and then click Design > Borders > All borders or other options to add border for the table. Note: To add custom borders for the table, you can (1) specify the border style by Design > Border Style.
Outlook 2013, Lesson Three Outlook 2013, Lesson Three NOTE: For those of you participating in the live Webinar, the following link will Read Complicated or Difficult E-mails in a Web Browser Occasionally you will receive an e-mail that has a complicated table or other formatting within it. These can be difficult to read in the e-mail itself. One work-around is to open the e-mail in a browser window. When you put the e-mail into a browser window, JAWS and MAGic use the virtual cursor and virtual buffer to read the e-mail. View E-mail in Browser JAWS 14 introduced virtual buffer message support for reading complex e-mails. Microsoft Outlook uses Microsoft Word for viewing all read-only messages.
However, due to the way Word supports table navigation, and since tables are frequently used for message layout, messages opened in Outlook 2007 and later tend to be very difficult, if not impossible, to read fluently. While there is an option to view a message in the default Web browser, it is cumbersome and slow to have to activate for every message. This new feature enables you to open a read-only message and read it using the Virtual PC Cursor just like reading a Web page in Internet Explorer or Firefox. You can navigate messages by character, word, line, sentence, paragraph, page, heading, table, link, and graphic. By default, tables are presented in a simple layout with one cell per line and provide a much more efficient means of reading complex messages. You should not need to switch to a browser to read e-mail, however if you do need to, the JAWS keystroke to use for this, whether you are using the virtual ribbon menu feature or not, is INSERT+SHIFT+W.
The following keystrokes use the keytips in Microsoft Outlook to access the ribbon:. Press ALT+H to move to the Message tab of the ribbon. Press A (Actions). Press V (view in browser). Acknowledge the security dialog by pressing ENTER on the OK button. JAWS Navigation Quick Keys for Reading HTML-based E-mail You can use certain navigation quick keys when reading OR composing HTML-based e-mails. EXERCISE: Follow along with the instructor as he sends out a second e-mail that you can use to practice navigation quick keys with in e-mail messages.
First, toggle navigation quick keys on by pressing INSERT+Z, and then try the following navigation quick keys in the message titled Practice Navigation Quick Keys in e-mail:. H for heading.
G for Graphic. P for Paragraph.
M for Spelling Error. T for Table. 1 for Heading 1. 2 for Heading 2.
3 for Heading 3 NOTE: To check spelling and use navigation quick keys while composing an e-mail you first must get out of EDIT mode and go into NAVIGATION QUICK KEY MODE. This is done by pressing the keystroke INSERT+Z.
This is a toggle keystroke, so pressing it once turns on navigation quick key mode and pressing it again turns it off. Also, if you press ALT+TAB to move away from Outlook and back again, navigation quick key mode goes off.
Instant Search Feature Use the instant search feature to find e-mails that contain words or phrases. Press CTRL+E from within any folder. Search by word or phrase. To search for an exact phrase, use quotation marks, otherwise the search looks for all e-mails that contain all of the words, not necessarily in the order you typed them. This is one of the instructor's favorite Outlook features. After the search has completed you can press TAB several times to move to the list of e-mail messages that match the search.
You can also press INSERT+PGDN to read the status line. This tells you how many e-mails match the search.
While pressing TAB to move to the list of e-mails that are found you can also find a couple of other choices, including:. Close search button (you can just press ESC instead). You may find a text box that reads, 'Your search returned a large number of results. Narrow your search, or click here to view all results. The tree view of folders in Outlook.
Finally, the list view of messages for the current folder that match the search criteria. EXERCISE: Follow along as the instructor demonstrates using the instant search feature in Outlook 2013. Categories The initial six categories in Outlook are colors:. Blue category. Green category. Orange category.
Purple category. Red category. Yellow category EXERCISE: Follow along with the instructor and practice marking a message with a category, searching by category, and creating new or modifying existing categories. To Mark a Message with a Category:. Select the message and then press the APPLICATION Key.
Choose the Categorize submenu in the context menu that appears, T. The items in the menu that appears include all of the categories plus the following choices:. Clear All Categories - Messages can have multiple categories.
Pressing this item clears all categories from the current message. All Categories - This opens the Color Categories dialog box, which is discussed later in the lesson.
Set Quick Click - This allows a mouse user to choose a category that can be assigned to a message with a single right click in the category column of the message list view. For now, I'm going to mark this in the Green category. Create, Rename, or Delete Categories You can create new categories, rename existing ones, delete categories, and even add a shortcut key to use to easily mark messages with a given category. All of this is done within the Color Categories dialog box.
Press the APPLICATION Key on any message in any folder for practice, and then choose Categorize submenu, T. Choose All Categories, A, and the Color Categories dialog box opens. First, explore the available categories in the list by using the ARROW Keys. Next, press TAB to move through the other controls in this dialog box. We will discuss them each in a moment, but for now just continue to press TAB to explore the dialog box. The Color Categories dialog box in Outlook 2013. Press TAB to move to the New button, and then activate it with the SPACEBAR.
The Add New Category dialog box opens. The Add New Category dialog box in Outlook 2013. Give the new category a name. I am going to call mine Test. Press TAB to go to the next control, the Color box. Press DOWN ARROW to open a list of color choices.
Then use your ARROW Keys to move among the choices and pick a color of your choice. Press ENTER to select that color. The color choice grid closes.
Press TAB to move to the next control, the shortcut key combo box. Press DOWN ARROW to move through the choices. The available key combinations include CTRL+F2 through CTRL+F12. Assigning a shortcut key gives you the same ability as a mouse user when they use the Set Quick Click option. NOTE: Be sure to set this back to (None) before moving on.
Press TAB when you are ready and move to the OK button. Activate it with the SPACEBAR and your new category is created. It is added now as one of the categories in the list. If the new category is checked, then the message that had focus when you opened the Color Categories list is now marked with that category. If you do not want it to be part of the category press the SPACEBAR to uncheck the check box. Press TAB to move to the OK button, and then activate it with the SPACEBAR. The Color Categories dialog box closes.
To View Categories:. Use the Go to Folder list with CTRL+Y. Choose Search Folders, and open it if it is closed by pressing RIGHT ARROW. Choose Categorized Mail to get all messages that are categorized, by groups. Or press the APPLICATION Key when on a message of any category, and then choose the Find Related submenu ( F), and then choose Messages with X Category (where X represents the name of the category). TIP: When you are searching for items in a given category you can press INSERT+PGDN to read the status bar. There you will find how many items match the search.
Also, the search will find ALL messages in the category no matter what folder they may reside in. To clear the search, just go to another folder, such as the Inbox. NOTE: If you delete an item while in the search it deletes it from the folder where it was located. Flags Flagging a message for yourself creates a to-do item that reminds you to follow up, and you can also add a reminder for yourself. After you follow up on the message, you can mark the to-do item complete.
Flagging a message for a recipient sends a flag, and you can also add a reminder to your message. To set a follow up flag for a message, either before sending or after receiving an e-mail:. Press ALT+H to go to the message tab of the ribbon.
Press U to activate the Follow Up options button. It is in the Tags group of the lower ribbon when creating a new message. Choose one, such as Custom for the most flexibility.
If you are using the virtual ribbon menus in JAWS:. Press ALT+H to go to the message tab of the ribbon.
Press DOWN ARROW to move to the Tags submenu (the Tags group of the lower ribbon). Press RIGHT ARROW to open the submenu and select one of the items in the menu. Set a Flag and a Reminder for a Sent Message EXERCISE: Follow along as the instructor demonstrates how to add a flag and a reminder to a message you wish to send to someone else. Begin a new e-mail by pressing CTRL+N while in the main Outlook window. A new e-mail opens.
We will not actually fill out the subject and body, but let us look at how to set a flag and reminder for a new message. Flagging a message for the recipient sends a flag and a reminder with your message. Press ALT+H to move to the Message tab of the ribbon, and then press W to activate the Follow Up button drop down. It is located in the Tags group of the lower ribbon. Choose Custom in the menu, and press ENTER. The Custom dialog box opens. There are two check boxes here that apply:.
Flag for me check box. This check box is checked by default, with the Flag To combo box set to Follow Up by default. There are also edit controls for Start Date and Due Date, as well as a Reminder check box which is NOT checked by default.
Change these according to your desires. Especially remember to set the Reminder check box and date and time if you wish to be reminded of this flag. Flag for Recipients check box. This check box is NOT checked by default.
Once you toggle the check mark to on, two other controls become available. The Custom Flag dialog box in Outlook 2013 for sending a message. Press TAB to move to the Flag for Recipients check box, and then press SPACEBAR to toggle the check mark to on.
The Flag To edit combo box and the Reminder check box become available. The default choice is Follow Up, and the Reminder check box is NOT checked by default.
Press TAB to move past the Flag To follow up edit combo box and move to the Reminder check box. If you wish to set a reminder for the e-mail recipient, press SPACEBAR to check the Reminder check box here. A couple of more controls appear, including the reminder date edit box and the reminder time edit box.
Change the reminder date and time as necessary, and then press TAB to move to the OK button. Activate it with the SPACEBAR.
The dialog box closes, and the message now has a flag and a reminder that will be sent as part of the message to the recipient. For now, I will just press ESC to close the e-mail, and answer No when asked if I wish to save the changes. Set a Flag for a Message Received EXERCISE: Follow along as the instructor demonstrates the Custom Flag dialog box Outlook 2013. A quicker way to get to these items is by choosing the context menu when you are on an e-mail in one of your folder list views.
Right click on an e-mail in any of your e-mail folder lists or use the APPLICATION Key to get a context menu. Choose the Follow Up submenu, U. Select from among the following choices:. Today. Tomorrow. This Week. Next Week.
No Date. Custom.
Add Reminder. Mark Complete. Clear Flag. Set Quick Click.
I'm going to choose the Custom item. The Custom Flag dialog box in Outlook 2013 for received messages. The first control in the dialog box is the Flag To combo box. The default choice is for a follow up reminder.
Other choices include: Call, do not forward, follow up, for your information, forward, no response necessary, read, and reply. Press TAB to move past the start date and due date fields to the check box for Reminder.
Flagging an item does not assign a reminder to the item. You need to check this check box to do that. Go ahead and press SPACEBAR to check this check box. When you do several more controls become available. Press TAB to explore the remaining controls in this dialog box:. Date. Time.
Clear Flag button. If you want to set the reminder for yourself as practice, go ahead and do so, and then activate the OK button to close the dialog box.
Marking a Flag as Completed or Removing a Flag You can mark a flag as being completed or you can remove a flag when you are finished with the task. First, mark an e-mail with a flag using the techniques discussed previously. Move in the list view to an e-mail that has a flag attached, and then press the APPLICATION Key. A context menu opens. Choose the Follow Up submenu. In the Follow Up submenu, choose either Mark Complete or Clear Flag.
Tasks Tasks in Outlook are very similar to appointments and reminders. Pressing F6 in Outlook moves focus to several different parts of the screen, depending on what view is active at the current time. When you are in the e-mail view, pressing F6 moves focus to the following areas, starting from the e-mail list view:.
Preview pane (if open). To-Do bar (if turned on in the ribbon). This is not very accessible in Outlook 2013, but see the other method outlined below which is accessible. Status bar. Upper ribbon. Mail folders tree view.
Back to the list view of e-mails First, take a look at some keystrokes you can use with tasks:. Show or hide the To-Do bar in Outlook 2010, press ALT+F2. NOTE: In Outlook 2013 this keystroke does not work. To show the To-Do bar in Outlook 2013, go to the View menu, choose To-Do bar and press ENTER to check one or more of these items: Calendar, People, Tasks, or Off.
NOTE: This is not very accessible from the keyboard. Accept a task request, press ALT+C.
Decline a task request, press ALT+D. Create a task (when in Tasks), press CTRL+N.
Create a task (from any Outlook view), press CTRL+SHIFT+K The To-Do bar is not open by default in Outlook 2013. The easiest way to access To-Do items is to press CTRL+4 to switch to the To-Do list view. This puts all tasks and flags in one vertical column, making it easier to navigate.
To open any task or flag from the list, just press ENTER on the item in the list.
I regularly need to send out emails which discusses multiple topics (an internal newsletter) and found out that topics as the bottom are regularly overlooked as people don’t tend to scroll down all the way. I therefor want these email messages to contains an index at top with links people can click on which takes them directly to that section within the email. This would be similar to inserting a Table of Contents (TOC) in Word. Can I create such indexes within emails as well? Unlike in Word, where you can automatically generate such an index or table of contents (TOC), Outlook doesn’t have the “Table of Contents” function activated.
However, you can still create one by using a combination of bookmarks and hyperlinks. Creating a clickable index (TOC) in an email message. (click on image to enlarge) Inserting Bookmarks and Hyperlinks You can create the necessary bookmarks and hyperlinks as explained below. You can repeat the steps to add as many bookmarks and hyperlinks as needed in your message. First, type your message and write out your index as well. Go to a location that you want your users to jump to and choose; Insert- Bookmark.
Type a name for the bookmark and press Add. Note: This bookmark name needs to start with a letter and not with a character or number and also can’t contain spaces. Now select the text in the index that you want the receiver to click on. Choose; Insert- Hyperlink.
You can also use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+K. Click the Bookmark button in the Insert Hyperlink dialog.
Select the bookmark you want the receiver to jump to. Press OK and OK again to close all the open dialogs. Extra tip: Use Headings to automatically create bookmarks As most of the Bookmarks will likely point to the header of a topic, it is really recommended to use actual Heading styles as well. Doing so will automatically create the Bookmarks for you so you only have to create the index links. You can select your Heading styles via the Format Text tab in the Ribbon. Styles Gallery on the Format Text tab. Last modified: December 13, 2016.