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Alternate Text Overview

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What is Alternate Text?

Alternate text provides a textual alternative to non-text content. The alt text communicates the function and/or purpose of the visual image used in the PowerPoint.

Alternate text (alt text) is a textual description of an image. If there is no alt text for an image, it will not be interpreted by a screen reader!

Different types of alt text:

An alt text which is read aloud by description screen reading software but not seen on screen
A caption seen by all users and read by screen readers, that includes a description of the image’s significance.
A description in the surrounding paragraph text.

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

Note: Please continue your work on the Fix Me PowerPoint that you have on your desktop!

Apply alternate text for images based on context in PowerPoint.
Explain how to approach decorative images in PowerPoint.