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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: Karlen Communications
Date: Nov 26, 2012 10:17AM

The Acrobat Ribbon is installed if you have Acrobat Pro installed on your
computer so that is the Adobe tool set.

The Word add-in is not part of the Adobe tools. If you add the Alt text in
Word, it should be added to the resulting tagged PDF document. I've tried
both Title and Description fields with success but end up just using the
Description field as it meets my needs.

If the Alt text is not coming through, I agree that you might need to repair
your install of either Acrobat if it is installed and you are using that
tool or repair Office/Word if that is the tool you are using. Have you
checked the Tags to see if the Alt Text is really there and this might be a
bug with the screen reader..before you begin repairing installs?

Cheers, Karen