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From: Ben Caldwell
Date: Oct 22, 2001 7:20AM


Though you can't adjust the way alt text appears when images are turned
off on a page, it is possible to tweak the size of ToolTip text. A set
of quick instructions is available at
http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/enhancing_tooltips/tooltips.htm.
-Ben
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From: WebAIM forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of
Prof Norm Coombs
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 6:46 PM
To: WebAIM forum
Subject: Re: Increasing alt tag size
Most people with serious low vision will be running special software on
top
of the browser . . software like Magic or ZoomText. It would enlarge
everything.
Norman
At 03:45 PM 10/19/01 -0500, you wrote:
>When I increase the text viewing size in Internet Explorer or
>Netscape, the alt text does not increase accordingly. This could
>render the alt text useless for people who read large print. Is there
>a way to adjust the alt size - either as a viewer or web author?
>
>Susan
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