I didn't think of the Size dialog at first, either, but I knew there
was an Alt Text setting somewhere. In Word 2003 all of the
picture-related stuff was on mutiple tabs of the Format Picture
dialog. I guess when the MS team was splitting things up to populate
the ribbon, they couldn't think of a good place to put Alt Text so
they stuck it with the nearest neighbor from the old dialog. :-(
Anyway, you're welcome!
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:37:01 -0700, Altabear
wrote:
Thanks Jay!
That did it.
I never thought to look at a "size" tab to remove alt text. I tried "format
picture", etc, to no avail. You've made my day.
David
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
When you drag an image file's icon from a Windows Explorer window and drop
it into a Word document, the file's path is recorded in the picture's Alt
text. You're correct that this is new behavior for Word 2007; it's intended
to make it easier to create documents with accessibility features for
sight-impaired users who use screen-reading software.
To remove the text before saving as PDF, right-click each image, choose
Size, and click the Alt Text tab of the dialog. Select and delete the path.
You might want to replace it with a short description of the image.
I also find that if I display the picture in a program such as IrfanView and
copy/paste it from there, Word doesn't get any Alt text for it.
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Altabear wrote:
Hello,
I have a question about an issue with Word 2007.
I made a word document and pasted images into it as usual.
I then saved as a pdf (all in Word 2007) and published the pdf to our
website.
When, on our website, I view the pdf and hover over any images, it
shows where it "came from". (meaning my actual computer - which is
impossible, because our office can't be accessed from the web. Also,
the images are not "links" to images. I copied and then pasted into
the document.) Similar to: "c:\david\documents\imagename.gif". We
don't want that.
I tried using the "get support" contact form on Microsoft.com but
just got web page with a blank central box. So, I looked on various
other forums, and say many suggestions to do this:
Use the "Office Button", "prepare" and then "edit links to files:.
The only problem with that, is that "edit links to files" isn't
there. Just:
- Properties
- Inspect Document
- Encrypt Document
- Restrict Permissions
- Digital Signature
- Mark as Final
- Compatibility Checker
Any ideas how I can remove the "text on hover" from the pdf?
It's not a life or death issue, but it DOES show our internal computer
information TO the internet, which we don't want.
Apparently it's a new "thing" for Office 2007 - and in our previous
pdf's we made with 2003, it's not an issue.
You can see the phenomenon at:
http://www.cudamail.com/guide/success.aspx (the "download the guide"
link is to the pdf in question)
thanks
David
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