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Checking and adding alternate text to figures

If you want screen readers to describe graphical elements that illustrate important

concepts in the document, you must provide the description. Figures and multimedia aren't

recognized or read by a screen reader unless you add alternate text to the tag properties. If

you apply alternate text to text elements, only the description, not the actual text, is read.

Use the Tags tab to add alternate text that summarizes the contents of the tables. (See

Adding supplementary information to

Making Adobe PDF forms

TouchUp Reading Order

To add alternate text to a figure:

1. Select the TouchUp Reading Order tool.

2. Select Show Tables And Figures in the dialog box.

3. Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the figure, and choose Edit Alternate

Text from the pop-up menu.

4. In the Edit Alternate Text dialog box, type a new (or edit an existing) description for the

figure, and then click OK.

tags.) To add instructions to form fields, see

accessible, or use the Edit Form Field Text option. (See

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