On stardate 11 Dec 2000, Tommy Curnyn sent a subspace communication stating:

> Hi,
> I'm new to Style Sheets and what I basically want to do is make all the alt tags
> in my project invisible. The files I'm using are auto-generated by RoboHelp
> (Help authoring) and take the file name from the source Word file (eg.
> 'searching.bmp') and converts its file name to an alt tag (alt='searching.gif'.)
> This is a pain cause I have to delete each alt tag manually. I'd like to simply
> use a Style Sheet but I'm not sure of the correct syntax. I've tried ALT
> {VISIBILITY:hidden} And variations on that but nothing works. I'd appreciate it
> if you could help me out. Regards, Tommy
> 
     Why do you wish to remove the ALT tags? ALT tags are required for 
accessibility (people using screen readers) and for those who browse with 
images off or use a text browser. While using the just the name of the image 
isn't the recommended use, it is better than nothing at all.




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