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Re: Microsoft Word: Decorative Image Accessibility

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From: L Snider
Date: Jun 26, 2019 5:01PM

Also in my testing three months back, the decorative still didn't transfer
to PDF, on Mac or PC. I don't use it at this time, until they fix this
feature (or if the document is Word only).

Cheers

Lisa

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 7:10 PM < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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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