How to add alt text to contact cards in email

This article provides instructions and examples for adding alt text to your email contact card.

Step 1

In Outlook, use the dropdown menu to select settings.

Step 2

A box will appear. Select Signature.

Step 3

On this screen, select Edit.

Step 4

Right click your contact card, and select Edit Alt Text.

Step 5

In this box, add your Alt Text and click ok.

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Alt text examples

 

• Alt text: “Business card for Jason Kilgore, Media Specialist and Webmaster at Mountain Empire Community College, with headshot and contact details including phone, email, and website.” This version keeps the professional info and the idea of contact details, without listing every number/text—great for accessibility and brevity.

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• Alt text: "Business card for Jason Kilgore, Media Specialist and Webmaster at Mountain Empire Community College.

  Includes his headshot, phone number 276-523-9003, email jkilgore@mecc.edu, website mecc.edu, and address in Big Stone Gap, Virginia."