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Alternative text, or "alt text", is a written description of the visual content in an image. It is typically one or two sentences long, and should convey any important visual information. For example, ...

Making your online content and social media profiles accessible to the majority of people stumbling across your posts is an intentional practice. From Instagram and Twitter photo descriptions to ...

You can view and add alt text on images in Word through the "Edit Alt Text" menu. When you view alt text in Word, you can edit it as well. You can type alt text in the Alt Text pane, or mark an image ...