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Making Announce-C Mail Accessible

Any document you create must be made accessible, including messages sent over the Mt. SAC Announce-C list.  This short tutorial will help you make your announce-c messages meet accessibility requirements.

  1. Open a new e-mail message in Outlook
  2. Address your email to announce-c@mtsac.edu
  3. Add your text message
  4. Insert an image
  5. Add Alt text for any pictures:
    1. RIGHT CLICK the image and then choose PICTURE PROPERTIES

    2. In the FORMAT PICTURE box, enter the "alt tag" text in the "Description" box and hit return. For example, the event, date, times, where, cash only, why, what.
      enter the "alt tag" text in the description box
  6. Add a closing signature
    1. Create your signature file using the "Signature Generator" form (https://www.mtsac.edu/it/o365/signature/index.html).  Your e-mail signature will be created based on the information you provide and is guaranteed to be accessible.
    2. Copy the entire signature that is generated
      signature file
    3. Create a new signature
      create a signature file
    4. Paste the signature into your Outlook signature file