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Re: [TECHWR-L] - Alt-Text stored at the Image level
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU ('Stuart Burnfield' via TECHWR-L Em)
Tue Dec 9 19:07:06 2025
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SVG format? Try googling or DuckDuckGoing for: svg alt text
Good luck.
Stuart
On 10/12/2025 5:02 am, 'Hanson, Paul R' via TECHWR-L Email Discussion=20
group wrote:
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> In a folder of screenshots - saved as PNG files - that can be used in=20
> more than one Word files, I want to write alt-text that would be=20
> stored in the image (somehow) so that if I insert the image in a Word=20
> file, I don't have to add the alt-text to that image and then if I=20
> insert the image in a second Word file, I don't have to add the=20
> alt-text to that image in the second file. What I'm looking for is a=20
> way to add the alt-text once, at the image file level, so that if I=20
> insert the image into 10 Word files, I don't have to add the alt-text=20
> in each of those 10 Word files. I know the mechanics of adding=20
> alt-text to the image after it has been added to the Word file. I want=20
> to figure out how to not have to add the alt-text to the same image in=20
> multiple Word files at a one Word file at a time basis. I want the=20
> alt-text to be carried into the Word file because (somehow) it's=20
> already associated with the image.
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> Is it possible to do this if the PNG files is a different graphics=20
> file type? For example, if the PNG files were=20
> <unknown-to-me-file-extension>, the alt-text could be stored in the image=
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>
> I know that I can assign alt-text to images in RoboHelp 2022, but=20
> we're not using that tool.
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> Thank you for any ideas for how to handle this.
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> Paul Hanson
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> IT Manager =E2=80=93 Disaster Recovery | Technical Support & Implementati=
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> University of Iowa Health Care Information Systems
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<div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">SVG format? Try googling or
DuckDuckGoing for: svg alt text</div>
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<div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">Good luck.</div>
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<div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">Stuart</div>
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<div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 10/12/2025 5:02 am, 'Hanson, Paul R'
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<p class=3D"MsoPlainText">In a folder of screenshots - saved as
PNG files - that can be used in more than one Word files, I
want to write alt-text that would be stored in the image
(somehow) so that if I insert the image in a Word file, I
don't have to add the alt-text to that image and then if I
insert the image in a second Word file, I don't have to add
the alt-text to that image in the second file. What I'm
looking for is a way to add the alt-text once, at the image
file level, so that if I insert the image into 10 Word files,
I don't have to add the alt-text in each of those 10 Word
files. I know the mechanics of adding alt-text to the image
after it has been added to the Word file. I want to figure out
how to not have to add the alt-text to the same image in
multiple Word files at a one Word file at a time basis. I want
the alt-text to be carried into the Word file because
(somehow) it's already associated with the image.
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<p class=3D"MsoPlainText">Is it possible to do this if the PNG
files is a different graphics file type? For example, if the
PNG files were <unknown-to-me-file-extension>, the
alt-text could be stored in the image.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoPlainText"><o:p>=C2=A0</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoPlainText">I know that I can assign alt-text to
images in RoboHelp 2022, but we're not using that tool.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoPlainText"><o:p>=C2=A0</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoPlainText">Thank you for any ideas for how to
handle this. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoPlainText"><o:p>=C2=A0</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoPlainText">Paul Hanson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoPlainText">IT Manager =E2=80=93 Disaster Recovery |
Technical Support & Implementation | University of Iowa
Health Care Information Systems<o:p></o:p></p>
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