Alt tags for unimportant elements

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January 30, 2018
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I have created a PDF from an InDesign file. I have added alt tags to important images. But, in a footer, I have a logo on every page (80 pages!) where I don't want to put an alt tag. If I leave it blank, will the screen reader ignore it? Or do I have to use something like a blank alt tag (i.e. "")? Thx.

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Correct answer Outtacontext

I found out that the logos in the footer were put on the Master page in InDesign. So, that solves the problem. Thanks everyone for all the suggestions.

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Inspiring

I found out that the logos in the footer were put on the Master page in InDesign. So, that solves the problem. Thanks everyone for all the suggestions.

pixelstrolch

Inspiring

If you are able to solve a tagging issue with an authoring software, like InDesign, you should do it there. In most cases this is the more efficient way. raeben3 already explained everything you need. Content on the master page is automatically going to be an Artifact. In either case, I recommend you to use the master page for repeating headers and footers, no matter what output you create.

raeben3

Inspiring

I haven't worked in Indesign in a while but if your design uses Master Pages, then I believe anything on those master pages would automatically be tagged as Artifact in the PDF. Now if you over-ride the Master Page on a particular page or pages, you may have to manually tag those items as Artifacts, but otherwise believe this can be resolved in the ID file by using Master Pages.