Mike,

I had the same problem with Outlook 2016, and the quick settings remedy was
no longer working. So far this morning, the procedure you lay out here has
worked. It makes a huge difference.

One addition. At the end, you say to close by tabbing to the apply button. I
found I had to tab to okay, then tab to apply, then tab again to okay.

Once again, thanks.

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike B
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 5:25 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Latest JAWS 2020 and continued Outlook 2016 issues

Hi Bill,

I don't run Outlook, so this is only something to try to see if it'll take
care of what you're wanting.

Open the Settings Center while in the application or open the default all
applications Settings Center if you want to do this for all applications.

Down arrow to, Web / HTML / PDFs closed, right arrow toopen.

Down arrow to, Reading, right arrow to open.

Down arrow to, Configure Web Verbosity Levels closed, right arrow to open.

Down arrow to, Medium..., press the spacebar to open. Note, don't press
enter here, only use the spacebar.

Down arrow many times to, Table grid checked, and uncheck this to see if
this helps.

Now apply and okay and hope this works for you.
Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool.
*My body has absorbed so much soap and disinfectant lately that when I pee
it cleans the toilet.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill White<mailto:billwhite92701@dslextreme.com>
To: main@jfw.groups.io<mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: Latest JAWS 2020 and continued Outlook 2016 issues

Hi, Jonathan. How do you turn off layout tables?

Thank you.

Bill White
billwhite92701@dslextreme.com<mailto:billwhite92701@dslextreme.com>

From: main@jfw.groups.io<mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
[mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Cohn, Jonathan
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 9:53 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io<mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
Subject: Re: Latest JAWS 2020 and continued Outlook 2016 issues

If the detect tables does not work, another possibility is that layout
tables are causing you grief so make sure they are turned off.
Web sites have CSS in order to put text into columns and other cute layouts,
but Mail generally ignores CSS functions for complex layout so designers end
up using tables with multi row or multi column spans that can not
effectively be read column by column row by row, so the screen reader ends
up either reading things repetitively or else skipping important
information.

Sometimes the mail will have a plain text alternative either in the same
message or in a subscribe button. This of course brings its own problems.