Problems with Alt Tags (Object Export Options)

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PROBLEM 1: Whenever I attempt to add Alt Tags to images in InDesign, it only sometimes remembers.

PROBLEM 2: I also have to do certain steps twice to even add the Alt Tag in the first place. Specifically, I mean that when I attempt to select "Custom", I have learned that I have to select "Custom", then leave the dialogue box, then come back in and add the Alt Tag in the Custom field. This is a bug within a bug! Repeat steps to add the Alt Tag, but then it forgets them half the time! The reason I even do it in InDesign so that I don't have to keep doing it to the PDF each time I export one. If InDesign worked correctly, it would mean I only have to enter the Alt Tag once.

PROBLEM 3: Furthermore, having read the forums (and through personal experience), the Alt Tags might STILL be forgotton when it gets exported to PDF! Triple-whammy bug! Please, Adobe... Stop adding features to all your software and fix more bugs!

Note: before someone suggests bringing Adobe Bridge into the workflow... I have stopped using it altogether because it sucks balls.

Mike Witherell · Accepted Answer

What version of InDesign are you running? What OS version?

Problems with dialog boxes and interfaces within InDesign often suggests a suspicion on corrupt cache files. They can be reset. Read about the methods to reset, including a focus on cache files, in this compendium of reset advice.

Mike Witherell · Answer

El Grecco,I'm glad that helped. I wish we didn't have to troubleshoot these programs as much as we do.For what its worth, I think Adobe Bridge is really useful at times. I wish they would continue to add industrial-strength file-renaming capabilities in it.

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