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Alt text in Word 2016: Indicate null image & which box to type in

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From: Preast, Vanessa
Date: Jan 13, 2017 3:43PM

Hello,

I just saw an instructional video from Microsoft that indicates to type "" within the description box for the alt text will tell the assistive technology to skip that image. Is this accurate? The following video states this information at 1:34 minutes: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Use-alternative-text-for-images-and-objects-9c57ee44-bb48-40e3-aad4-7647fc1dba51

Also, at 45 seconds into this video, it indicates that we should write a title in the title and description in the description. But, this is different than the instructions on the NCDAE website (http://ncdae.org/resources/cheatsheets/word2013.php) which indicates that the alt text should go into the description box, not the title. What is considered best practice with entering alt text into Word 2016?

Thanks,
Vanessa