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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: May 17, 2013 8:12PM

I heard it was not possible in Office, and followed the same idea you got
from CSU. Then since a good chunk of documents are converted into PDFs, I
remember to set them to an artifact in Acrobat.

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Ryan E. Benson


On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 3:21 PM, John E Brandt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Bronwyn,
>
> I think the official answer goes something like this: "Unfortunately,
> Microsoft Office offers no means of indicating that an image should be
> ignored, so it is best to simply leave decorative images alone. All other
> images should be described with alt text." I grabbed this quote from
> Colorado State U's Access site. I am not sure what happens if you simply
> leave the description blank. JAWS users want to chime in here and tell us?
>
> I thought I had read somewhere that there WAS a technique for creating the
> Null ALT in Office. Can't put my finger on it...Anyone else know of a
> method?
>
> ~j
>
> John E. Brandt
> www.jebswebs.com
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> 207-622-7937
> Augusta, Maine, USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Bronwyn Lapham
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 6:44 PM
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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> >
> Cc:
> 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
> www.jebswebs.com
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> 207-622-7937
> Augusta, Maine, USA
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