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From: Marinette Fargo
Date: Jun 27, 2019 8:03AM

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I am using the most current version in 0365 and it has the decorative image=
box. If you select this in WORD, be aware that you will still get an acces=
sibility flag if it's carried into PDF because it doesn't properly mark the=
image as decorative/artifact. You will have to do this separately in Acrob=
at.

Take care,

Marinette

Marinette Fargo | Analyst II, Digital Accessibility
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From: Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 9:56 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Microsoft Word: Decorative Image Accessibility

Bevi, I agree that something odd has happened in Word. I'm no longer able=
to add alt text to images in .doc format -- only .docx. The accessibility=
checker also does not work in .doc format -- I thought it used to.

Jonathan