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Adding an explanation to an image
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Inserting images beautifies your Web pages, but the images cannot be displayed by visitors to your Web site who are not set up to display GIF or JPEG images. An explanation added to an image enables those who cannot view it to still understand its content. It is good etiquette to add an explanation to each of your images.

Tip Tip Image explanations are needed in instances such as:
  • If a Web browser that does not support the viewing of images is used.
  • If reading images is not set, to speed up the line.
  • If a visually handicapped person is visiting your site.

This section contains the following topics:


Related HTML tags <IMG SRC= ALT= >


Adding an explanation to each image

There is no limit to the number of characters you can use for the explanation, which is called alternate text.

  1. Click the target image using the right mouse button, and select Attributes from the pop-up menu to display the Attribute dialog box.

  2. Enter the explanation for the image in Alternate Text and click the OK button. (The appearance of the image does not change, but an explanation of the image is added to the HTML source.)


Checking that explanations are added to all images

To check whether the explanations for all the images used on the Web page being edited have been entered correctly:

  1. Select URL Editor from the Tool menu to open the URL Editor, which checks alternate text added to your images and links.

  2. Click the Image button to display all the images used on the Web page being edited. The alternate text for each image is displayed in Text. If there is an image with no alternate text, the message '** No Alternate Text **' is displayed in Text.

  3. Click an image with no alternate text. The file name of the image appears in the URL field.

  4. Type the explanation of the image in a field beside Alternate Text.

    Entering alternative text

  5. Click the Update button to update the information. Click the OK button to close the URL Editor.
Note Note Remember to add alternate text to images with links, because Web browsers that do not display images enable readers to jump using the alternate text.

To check the alternate text only for linked images, select the Linked Image button instead of the Image button in the URL Editor.
[Ref.] "Setting a link on an image"