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Re: Alt text for images in Word 2010 always get lost when "save as PDF" is selected

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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Nov 26, 2012 9:10AM

Birkir,
First, the obvious.
1) Make sure the Alt-text is there in MS Word (not "Actual text" by
mistake).
2) Check the Acrobat conversion settings and check "tagged PDF."

If it still is dropping the Alt-text during the conversion, then you might
have a corrupted/damaged version of Acrobat.
Try:
1) Uninstall Acrobat.
2) Reboot the computer.
3) Reinstall Acrobat.

Acrobat can act a bit crazy if your version of Word is updated or changed
AFTER the Acrobat plug-ins have been installed. The best solution I've found
is to remove Acrobat, reboot, and reinstall Acrobat to get everything in
place once again.

- Bevi Chagnon
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