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Alt Text in Google Docs

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2024-03-27T11:09:27+00:00 January 23rd, 2024|Tutorials|
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Alt Text in Google Docs

Alternative text descriptions, often abbreviated as “alt text”, describe the content or purpose of an image so that users with visual disabilities can still understand the purpose of the image. Alt text can be very simple or quite complex, depending on the image and how it is being used.

Adding alt text to images

After you have added an image to your document, right-click to open the contextual menu, and then choose “View Alt Text…” (towards the bottom of the menu).

A Google Docs document with an image. The contextual menu is open and the Alt text item is marked.

The Alt Text section of the Image Options panel will open to the right side of the document window. You can enter your alt text into the text box in this pane.

The Google Docs Alt Text pane with text describing the image in the document: Doctor McCoy from the original Star Trek series, with a text caption that says, "You never forget your first doctor". The Advanced Options field is left blank.

 

The “Advanced options” title field allows you to add extra text that will appear when a user hovers their pointer over the image, usually known as a “tooltip”. This is an optional field, as tooltips may not be read by assistive technology, and should not include important information that isn’t included in the alt text.

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