Use a screen reader to insert a hyperlink in mail

Screen reader content

This article is for people with visual impairments who use a screen reader program with the Office products and is part of the Office Accessibility content set. For more general help, see Microsoft Support home.

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, but it might work with other screen readers as long as they follow common accessibility standards and techniques.

Notes: 

• New Microsoft 365 features are released gradually to Microsoft 365 subscribers, so your app might not have these features yet. To learn how you can get new features faster, join the Office Insider program.

• To learn more about screen readers, go to How screen readers work with Microsoft Office.

Insert a hyperlink

1. When you're composing an email, place the cursor where you want to insert the link.

2. Press Ctrl+K. The link window opens. The focus is in the link address text field.

3. Type or paste the web address of the page you want to link to.

4. 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.

5. To insert the link, press Enter. The link is inserted in the email message body.

See also

Basic tasks using a screen reader with Mail

Use a screen reader to format your email text in Mail

Keyboard shortcuts in Mail

Set up your device to work with accessibility in Microsoft 365

Use a screen reader to explore and navigate Mail

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