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Alt Text for Images in PowerPoint?

June 29th, 2009 by Brandon Muramatsu Leave a comment Go to comments

Yes, you read that correctly…it’s possible to enter “alt” text for images in PowerPoint, if you’re using a Windows version. This feature is not supported in the Mac version–which, yes, is just really dumb.

Why would you want to use alt text? For accessibility of course.

Alt Text for PowerPoint 2003 and Prior

Right‐click on an image then choose Format Picture, then select the Web tab. Enter text that describes the purpose and appearance of the image. Click OK.

Alt Text for PowerPoint 2007

Right‐click on an image then choose Size and Position, then select the Alt‐Text tab. Enter text that describes the purpose and appearance of the image. Click OK.

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  1. July 16th, 2009 at 20:33 | #1

    Oh~ thank you.
    this is good for me.
    I have searched this infomation for blind.
    thank you.

    • Brandon Muramatsu
      July 19th, 2009 at 10:35 | #2

      LOL, you’re welcome. Gotta love how well Google (or I suppose insert your search engine here), indexes blog posts.

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