This article is for people with visual or cognitive impairments who use a screen reader program such as Windows Narrator, JAWS, or NVDA with Microsoft 365 products. This article is part of the Microsoft 365 screen reader support content set where you can find more accessibility information on our apps. For general help, visit Microsoft Support.
Use Mail for Windows 10 with your keyboard and a screen reader to link from an email to a web page or file on a shared drive. We have tested it with Narrator, JAWS, and NVDA, but it might work with other screen readers as long as they follow common accessibility standards and techniques.
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To learn more about screen readers, go to How screen readers work with Microsoft 365.
Insert a hyperlink
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When you're composing an email, place the cursor where you want to insert the link.
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Press Ctrl+K. The link window opens. The focus is in the link address text field.
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Type or paste the web address of the page you want to link to.
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If you want to use a more descriptive link name than just the URL, press Shift+Tab until you hear "Text to display, editing," and then type the link text.
Note: If you've selected an image in the email message body and are linking from the image, this option is not available.
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To insert the link, press Enter. The link is inserted in the email message body.
See also
Use a screen reader to format your email text in Mail
Basic tasks using a screen reader with Mail
Set up your device to work with accessibility in Microsoft 365
Technical support for customers with disabilities
Microsoft wants to provide the best possible experience for all our customers. If you have a disability or questions related to accessibility, please contact the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk for technical assistance. The Disability Answer Desk support team is trained in using many popular assistive technologies and can offer assistance in English, Spanish, French, and American Sign Language. Please go to the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk site to find out the contact details for your region.
If you are a government, commercial, or enterprise user, please contact the enterprise Disability Answer Desk.
