Remove the mouseover filename from a PDF document

[Scribby182]

I'm trying to generate a PDF using Adobe Acrobat X Pro through the Word 2007 interface.  When I generate my PDF and mouseover an image, the mouseover text displays the filename of the image file (ie mouseover text="ImageFilename.png").  Additionally, some of these aren't even correct (the image filename is actually a previous revision of the image file and not the current file).  I would like to know:

-What data does Acrobat poll to get these filenames.  I know it isn't the actual filename since some are incorrect, so it must be some data contained in the word document itself?

-How can I remove this function altogether?  There is no significance to the image filenames and I'd rather not have to ensure they all match the document text.

I have searched this and other forums but can't find instructions on how to do this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[AdobeJobie · Accepted solution]

You're seeing the "alt text" from Word. When you insert an image into Word, it automatically uses the filename in the alt text field. This may only be with Office 2007+. To change it, in compatibility mode files (.doc) right-click the image and go to format picture, then choose the Alt Text tab. In .docx files that tab is under "Size..." for some stupid reason rather than format picture. The alt text is a good thing for accessibility - screen reading software.

[Scribby182]

I had the feeling that there was some field in the word document that Acrobat was polling, but I never thought to look in the "size" menu...  This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks very much for your help!

[viquidill]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I never would have found this.

??? Size ???

[JudyS1954]

I followed what was written in the post but I don't see the option of what you are supposed to do.

I selected the image in WORD and clicked the Alt. Text option but what are you supposed to show/hide or turn off?

[AdobeJobie]

Scribby182 wrote:

-How can I remove this function altogether?  There is no significance to the image filenames and I'd rather not have to ensure they all match the document text.

I'm not aware of anyway to automatically remove them from the pdf file. You can manually remove each of them but it's always better to treat the source file than to treat the PDF file for changes.

To keep from seeing them without having to remove them all in Word, just use the "print method" to create the PDF file. Print to the Adobe PDF printer rather than using the Save as Adobe PDF feature.

Regards,

Joe