Re: Removing Auto-Generated Alt Tags
by "Frederick J. Barnett" <fred(at)eatel.net>
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Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:29:36 -0600 |
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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.
Frederick J. Barnett http://www.eatel.net/~fred/
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