Alt text for CC Library images

[dyannec35130791]

I'm doing a city parks brochure in InDesign. It contains icons that represent restrooms, playgrounds, etc.

I have the icons in a CC Library. Each icon may be used multiple times in the brochure

Is there a way to attach alt-text to the library images and have it carry through to the InD document?

This will eventually be converted to an ADA-accessible PDF, and it would be tedious if I have to go into Acrobat and add alt-text to EVERY icon at every park.

[Frans v.d. Geest · Accepted solution]

First add the required Metadata, second create an Object Style in which you set which Metadata to use in Alt Text. Third apply the Object Style to the images.

[dyannec35130791]

How do I add Metadata to library images?

[Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com · Accepted solution]

1. Open Adobe Bridge.
2. Navigate to your icon graphics.
3. Open the Metadata panel in Bridge.
4. Fill in the appropriate Alt-Text in either the Description field.
   (Note, XMP metadata does not have an exclusive field for Alt-text, but it sure needs it! Post that as a feature request in the User Voice forum.)
5. Switch to InDesign.
6. Open the Object Export Options panel.
7. In the first tab, select the Metadata / Description field from the drop-down choices.
8. Give the system a couple of seconds for it to "take," and voila! your metadata will be imported into the INDD layout.

[Corinna26646610nuzb]

Hello-

Is there a way to add alt text to an existing pdf from the metadata 'description" field in Adobe Acrobat?

[pbeeler@mtc.ca.gov]

thank you, three years later!