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From: Kitzzy Aviles
Date: Mar 4, 2005 9:19AM

Hello,

Thank you for your email. I am currently away from the office and will
answer your email upon my return on Monday, March 7, 2005. If you need
immediate assistance, contact the main CDWS number at 407-823-3718.

Thank you,
Kitzzy Aviles

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Subject: no subject
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 09:58:57 -0700



Just a brief re-introduction. I'd been
a member previously while working as a Section 508 consultant and
developer
for the National Library of Medicine/NIH, but &quot;went into
stasis&quot;
after I changed jobs. I'm working once again with the Federal govt.,
this
time with the FAA... again acting as a 508 technical consultant and
developer.



I've always enjoyed the interplay and
exchange of ideas/techniques on the list, and look forward to rejoining
the action.



Kevin



Kevin H. Spruill AWA/CNTR/FAA

FAA Section 508 Technical Support

202.385.8059

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Subject: IMG with a caption?
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:21:43 -0700


I having a brain freeze -- is there a way to add a caption under an
img??
Yes, it would be in addition to an ALT. Just need a quick way to add a
brief description for sighted users.

Cheers,
Glenda
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From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Subject: Re: IMG with a caption?
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:38:23 -0700

glenda wrote:

>I having a brain freeze -- is there a way to add a caption under an
img??
>Yes, it would be in addition to an ALT. Just need a quick way to add a
>brief description for sighted users.
>
>
>
There is no HTML element or attribute for that, that would make a
connection between the image and the caption. The caption element is for

tables exclusively.

One option would be to nest the image in the same paragraph, at least
then it has the same element. Setting the image display to block in
the CSS will show it above the text.

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Subject: Re: IMG with a caption?
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:41:21 -0700

> I having a brain freeze -- is there a way to add a caption under
> an img??

As far as I know, there is no standardized way to do this. Some people
abuse
Ruby markup [1] for this purpose, but I don't encourage this proceeding.


Jens.


[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/ruby/


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Jens Meiert
Information Architect

http://meiert.com/

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From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Subject: Re: IMG with a caption?
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:50:47 -0700

Thanks, that explains why I couldn't find any option in my reference
book.
Funny, there's ALT for blind users, but nothing simple for sighted
users.

Glenda