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From: Karlen Communications
Date: May 16, 2013 5:31PM

Select the image.
Press the AppKey or right mouse button.
Choose Format Picture.
Instead of opening the traditional dialog, the Format Object Pane opens to
the right of the document and your focus should be in it.
Press Shift + Tab or click on the icon just above where your focus is/the
Effects tab.
Press the right arrow once to land on the Layout tab.
The tools under the Layout icon are Text box and Alt Text.
Use the Down arrow to land on Alt Text and then press the Spacebar or if you
are using the mouse, click on alt Text.
The Title and Description edit areas are now visible and you can Tab to them
and add either.
When you are finished, press Shift + F6 to move back to the document.
The Format Object Pane will remain open until you close it. As you click on
or put focus on other images, the Alt Text areas will be blank. Press F6 to
move back into the pane and add the Alt Text.

You can close the pane by pressing Ctrl + Spacebar then C for close. Of
course if you are mouse dependent, you can do all of this by clicking.

Cheers, Karen


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Subject: [WebAIM] MS Office 2013 - Accessibility changes ["John E Brandt"}

Thanks for sharing this, John. Do you happen to know how to add a null ALT
attribute to an image please?

From: "John E Brandt" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 16:19:40 -0400
Subject: [WebAIM] MS Office 2013 - Accessibility changes I took the plunge
and downloaded and installed MS Office 2013 last week.
They have a subscription basis for payment now; $99.99 per year and it can
be installed on up to five computers including Macs. Downside, it needs
Windows 7 or newer. Good news, free one month trial!

Of note, there are some changes in the way the accessibility functions work.
Most notably is the way to add Alternative Descriptions to images. The good
news here is Microsoft has prepared a nice help page with pictures and
descriptions. I don't see keyboard alternatives to the steps mentioned on
the help page, but I will keep looking.

You may find the help page about adding alternative descriptions at this
URL:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/add-alternative-text-to-a-picture-sh
ape-chart-table-or-smartart-graphic-HA103220865.aspx<http://office.microsoft
.com/en-us/excel/add-alternative-text-to-a-picture-shape-chart-table-or-smar
tart-graphic-HA103220865.aspx>

Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/a9pv8eu

I'll start working to update my Accessible Documents materials
http://mainecite.org/awd/accdocs.html to include the directions for MS
Office 2013.


~j

John E. Brandt
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Augusta, Maine, USA
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