(rectangle) added to alt tags from Word - Accessibility Error
Hello, I have an unusual issue. Our training team uses MS Word to create job aids for our staff.
They set an inline image in Word, typically a screenshot of a UI component, and add a border to the screenshot. This is so that the image is more distinct from the page background for sighted users.
They properly alt-tag this image and correctly PDF the document from Word. However, Acrobat adds (rectangle) to the end of the alt-tags for each image.
It does not matter if they use the fixup "mark all non-structure elements as artifact."
It doesn't matter if they artifact the rectangle border in the content panel, either.
Every image where they have added a border has (rectangle) automatically added to the alt-text.
Thus, users hear "[image description] rectangle" and because this is confusing, our training team is manually having to edit each alt tag to remove (rectangle).
Is there a fix for this?
I suggested doing the image prep work and adding a border in Photoshop instead but this is something they are unable to do.
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