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Re: Microsoft Word: Decorative Image Accessibility

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From: chagnon
Date: Jun 26, 2019 4:09PM

I think there's something wacky with the new Alt-text utility.
Sometimes the Decorative checkbox is there, sometimes not.

If I click and use the Alt-Text utility on Format Picture, it has the Title
and Description fields, but no decorative option.

If instead I right-click and use the new-ish Edit Alt Text that's in the
context-sensitive menu, that version just has the Alt-text field. And still
no decorative option.

We had the decorative checkbox earlier in the year, and then it went away,
came back, and went away again with each update to Word. This has happened
with both our 365 subscriptions and traditional installations.

And yes, we're up to date on all of them.

It's just plain weird!

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