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Power Point Alt Tags
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
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.
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:
- Right click onto your desired image and click onto Hyperlink. The Insert Hyperlink box will appear.
- Click onto Place in This Document under the Link to left side bar.
- Select the slide that your image resides under Select a place in this document.
- Click onto the ScreenTip... in the top right of the box.
- Type your desired text.
- Press OK to save the text. Press OK again to save your hyperlink set up.
- 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
I'm not at all getting confused and I do know what Screen Tips are.
Please see the attachment.
I apologize for not being clear initially.
The alt tags I set up myself as pointed out in the initial post don't appear anywhere in the screen reading software that I was using to test it.
Thanks.
Hi AJ
From what you have shown, and from what I understand, you've applied the Alt text correctly.
I don't know why your software isn't picking up on the text when you run it although I don't personally use any accessible technologies and can't really test it for you.
It might be worth testing the presentation on other readers if you haven't already tried, otherwise I don't have the answer that you seek.
You've got me on this one!
Good luck friend!
Damien
