Open any InDesign document and place an image.
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Learn how to generate alt text for the images placed in your Adobe InDesign documents.
Generate Alt Text automatically
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You’ll view a generated text icon at the bottom border of the image frame, indicating that the image now has an automatically generated alternate text.
Piezīme.- The Alt text can be generated in English only. This is based on the Language in the Advanced Character Formats section of the document's default [Basic Paragraph] style.
- This feature is automatically turned on for users with unlimited credits.
- Every time you generate Alt text, you'll consume one credit per generation (for a limited time only).
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Hold Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS) and select the icon to view and edit the alternate text in the Object Export Options panel.
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You can select the Regenerate icon to generate new alternate text for the same image.
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Select Done.
Turn off automatic Alt Text generation
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Select File > Preferences > Generative AI (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Generative AI (macOS).
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- Select Auto-generate Alt Text when placing images to automatically generate Alt Text whenever you place an image (turned on by default for users with unlimited credits).
- Select Add "AI generated content" tag for auto-generated Alt Text, so that the text is not tagged as AI-generated (turned on by default).
Turn off automatic generation of Alt Text and tagging it as AI-generated content from the Preferences panel. Turn off automatic generation of Alt Text and tagging it as AI-generated content from the Preferences panel.
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Open any InDesign document and place an image.
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Select Object > Object Export Options.
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Select Custom from Alt Text Source.
Select Custom for Alt Text Source and then select the Alt Text button to generate Alt Text manually from the Object Export Options panel. Select Custom for Alt Text Source and then select the Alt Text button to generate Alt Text manually from the Object Export Options panel. -
Select Alt Text. This will consume one credit per generation for a limited time.
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Select the Regenerate icon to generate new alternate text for the same image.
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Select Done.
Known issues
- Images that already contain alt text from previous versions won’t display the text icon. To replace the existing alt text generate it manually.