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How can I add alternate text to equations in Word?

Anonymous
2024-06-18T19:46:30+00:00

Using Microsoft 365 Word, desktop version.

I want my students to be able to see how to say each equation by accessing the alternate text, i.e., if it says "100%" I want them to be able to hover and see "one hundred percent".

I do not want to save as a .doc or .html and try to clean up the low-res mess it makes of hundreds of equations - tried that and it mucked the whole thing up.

I will eventually be saving as a PDF which is how students will receive it.

Is it possible to convert ALL equations in a document to images and then manually add the desired alternate texts? If so, how?

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-06-19T07:31:40+00:00

    Hi! Katie MBT,  

    Welcome to the Microsoft Community!  

    I realize that you've encountered a problem with Adding Alternate Text to equations and I understand how you feel.  

    Sorry, Word application does not currently have the functionality to fulfill your needs.

    Thank you for your careful observation and suggestions, your ideas and suggestions are very important to improve Microsoft products, but this forum is mainly a technical communication platform, the Microsoft development team will not pay attention to this forum.  

    If you have any ideas or suggestions for Microsoft Office applications you can use the dedicated feedback platform Ideas · Community (microsoft.com) (English platform), where a dedicated developer will follow and comment on your feedback. After sending your feedback, you can share the feedback link in this forum so that other users with similar problems, including me, can vote for your feedback, and the more votes the easier it is to get the attention of the development team. The more votes you get, the more likely you are to get attention from the development team.

    Thank you for your understanding and support, Microsoft attaches great importance to user feedback, if you have any ideas and suggestions in the future you can use the above feedback channels to provide feedback. 

    Best Regards   

    Eddy | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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