Press the Up arrow key until you hear 'Edit alt text,' and press Enter. Press Shift+F10 to open the context menu. When the focus is on the image, you hear the page you're on, the file name or the number of the image, followed by 'Image.' Press Shift+Right arrow key once to select the image. In your Word document, move the focus to the picture that you want to add alt text to. For more information on alt text, refer to Everything you need to know to write effective alt text. If you don't hear 'In line with text,' press the Up arrow key until you reach the In line with text button, and press Enter.Īdd alt text to the images to make your document accessible to all audiences. Press the Up arrow key until you hear 'Wrap text,' and then press the Right arrow key once. You hear: 'In line with text.' Press Enter. Press Shift+Right arrow key once to select the picture. When the focus is on the picture, you hear the file name or number of the picture, followed by 'Image.'

In your Word document, move the focus to the picture you want. By default, Word inserts a picture in line with text, but you can check it to make sure that the screen readers can read the pictures. To be read correctly by a screen reader, the picture has to be in line with the text. To insert the selected image, press the Tab key until you hear 'Insert,' and press Enter. Word downloads and inserts the image into your document. Your screen reader describes each image as you move through the search results. Use the arrow keys to browse the search results. Tip: To browse for more images from your OneDrive, press the Tab key until you hear 'OneDrive,' and press Enter.

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