Issue 116170 - ACC: DOC and DOCX Alternative text (Alt text) of image lost when importing
Summary: ACC: DOC and DOCX Alternative text (Alt text) of image lost when importing
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: open-import (show other issues)
Version: OOo 3.2.1
Hardware: PC All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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: 124164 (view as issue list)
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Blocks: winA11y
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Reported: 2010-12-19 13:13 UTC by ibshields
Modified: 2014-04-28 09:21 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Sample file with alt text on image. (24.21 KB, text/plain)
2010-12-19 13:14 UTC, ibshields 		no flags Details
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Description ibshields 2010-12-19 13:13:26 UTC 
When importing a document (.doc) created with MS Word (2003 or 2007 at least),
the alternative text assigned to the image in Word is lost when imported to
OpenOffice. This is still true in OOo 3.2.1. In Word 2007, insert an image.
right click and select 'size' Enter text on the "Alt text" tab. Save the
document. Open in OOo, right click on picture, select "Picture..." and the
alternative text is missing.
Comment 1 ibshields 2010-12-19 13:14:55 UTC 
Created attachment 75375 [details]
Sample file with alt text on image.
Comment 2 michael.ruess 2010-12-21 11:43:39 UTC 
The alternative text of a graphic won't be imported from .doc or docx format.
In Writer this information can be found in Graphic properties / Options tab.
Comment 3 ibshields 2010-12-21 20:49:19 UTC 
Correct. The alt text needs to be imported (and exported) properly, both for
compatibility and for accessibility reasons.
Comment 4 V Stuart Foote 2014-02-05 03:00:44 UTC 
*** Issue 124164 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 5 V Stuart Foote 2014-02-05 03:13:19 UTC 
Resetting assignee to default

This mishandling of alternate text for embedded graphics images results in poor fidelity with Assistive Technology tools that depend on the alternate text descriptions of graphics to fully render document content.

Import filter for DOC and DOCX needs to correctly parse the alternate text and assign it to the Picture --> Options --> Alternative (Text Only) attribute of the ODF .odt format.
Comment 6 Christophe Strobbe 2014-04-28 09:21:45 UTC 
This issue has also been confirmed for OpenOffice 4.0.1 for Mac OS by Greg Kraus: http://accessibility.oit.ncsu.edu/blog/2014/04/18/the-pain-of-accessible-pdfs-from-ms-word-on-mac-test-results/.