How do I make my email signature accessible?

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Making your email signature accessible

To ensure your email signature is accessible you’ll need to add alternate text for any images you’ve added.

1. In Outlook click File > Options > Mail > Signatures.
2. Click on the one you want to edit.
3. Right click on the image in your email signature.
4. Select “Picture”.
5. Choose the “Alt Text” tab.
6. Type in a short description of the image into the text box.
7. Select “OK”, then press “OK” again to complete the changes.

Please note: If you can see your email signature in the ‘Compose’ window after saving the changes then this will not be up to date, you’ll need to delete this and re-add your signature to the email. Alternatively, just close the compose window and press ‘New’ to start a new email. You should find the updated signature is auto added. You can then send this to a colleague as a test.