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AJCho
Copper Contributor
Jan 03, 2018

Power Point Alt Tags

Hi, 

I have a question about alt tagging images in PPT.

It doesn't seem as though they do anything? 

Or at least, I cannot figure it out.

How do I see the alt tag in the following image?

 

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  • Karen Falandays's avatar
    Karen Falandays
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 14, 2018
    Hello AJ, alt text is really for making the presentation accessible for people with disabilities. From Microsoft: Alternative text helps people who can’t see the screen to understand what’s important in images and other visuals. ***PS, Alt text is on the PowerPoint Expert MOS test
    • AJCho's avatar
      AJCho
      Copper Contributor
      Jan 14, 2018

      I know what it's for.

       

      What I'm asking is why it's not being recognized by Powerpoint or a text-to-speech on one computer but it is on another computer.

       

  • Damien_Rosario's avatar
    Damien_Rosario
    Silver Contributor
    Jan 08, 2018

    Hi AJ

    My understanding is that the Alt tags are for people with disabilities so by providing them, they have the option to hear the image name and listen to a description if so desired. I would imagine that they use special text-to-speech type software to do this.

    It's not a tool tip that will be visible as far as I know.

     

    Also, if you hover of the little i next to the Title word, you will see a description of the Alt Text function.


    Hope that helps!

    Cheers
    Damien

    • AJCho's avatar
      AJCho
      Copper Contributor
      Jan 09, 2018

      Damien_Rosario

      That's not what I'm asking. I know what an ALT tag is for.

       

      What I'm asking is how do you activate it? On the web, it's a matter of hovering your mouse over an image.

      I've seen videos of PPT files have a similar thing or have it as an overlay.

      I also ran Kurzweil on the PPT file and didn't hear anything.

      • Damien_Rosario's avatar
        Damien_Rosario
        Silver Contributor
        Jan 09, 2018

        Hi AJ

         

        I think you may be getting confused between an Alt tag and Screen tips (older term tool tips). 

         

        Screen tips let you hover over an image and you can see a text description appear. See sample image below.

         

        If this is what you want, try the following instructions:

        1. Right click onto your desired image and click onto Hyperlink. The Insert Hyperlink box will appear.
        2. Click onto Place in This Document under the Link to left side bar.
        3. Select the slide that your image resides under Select a place in this document.
        4. Click onto the ScreenTip... in the top right of the box.
        5. Type your desired text.
        6. Press OK to save the text. Press OK again to save your hyperlink set up.
        7. Now run your presentation and hover your mouse over your image. You should see the screen tip appear.

        Hopefully that does the trick!

         

        Good luck

        Damien

         

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