WD97: Picture Loses Picture Placeholder Text When Made a Hyperlink
ID: Q173499
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
SYMPTOMS
If you insert a picture into an HTML document and make the picture a
hyperlink, the picture placeholder text is lost when you save the document.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, manually add the picture placeholder text
to the HTML source of the document. To do this, follow these steps:
- On the View menu, click HTML Source.
- In the HTML Source, look for the reference to the picture that is a
hyperlink.
For example, if you inserted the picture Commbkgd.gif and linked it to
MyDoc.html, look for:
<A HREF="MyDoc.html"><IMG SRC="COMMBKGD.GIF" BORDER=0 WIDTH=219
HEIGHT=163></A>
- Add the Picture PlaceHolder text to the reference you found; for
example:
<A HREF="MyDoc.html"><IMG SRC="COMMBKGD.GIF" BORDER=0 WIDTH=219
HEIGHT=163 ALT="My Image's Alternate Text"></A>
In this example, you could substitute "My Image's Alternate Text" for
whatever text you want.
- On the View menu, click Exit HTML Source.
- Save the changes you just made to the HTML Source.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article.
This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.
MORE INFORMATION
Picture placeholder text provides an alternate text-only hyperlink for
Internet browsers incapable of displaying pictures. The picture placeholder
text appears instead of the picture.
To add picture placeholder text, follow these steps:
- Click to select the picture you want to add picture placeholder text to.
- On the Format menu, click Picture.
- On the Settings tab, enter the alternate text in the Picture Placeholder
box, and then click OK.
For additional information, please see the following articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q164342 WD97: Picture Hyperlinks Lost When Saved as HTML
Q157637 WD97: Placeholder Replaces Image After Adding Hyperlink
Additional query words:
8.0 8.00
Keywords : kbgraphic word97 kbwdinternet
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug