ALT tags provide a brief text description for images that do not appear on a web site. (For example, an ALT tag appears if a user has images disabled in their browser or does not have a plug in installed.) ALT tags also appear while an image is loading, which is good for users with slow internet connections. These tags are inserted into IMG tags in quotes:

<IMG SRC="http://www.johndoe.edu/img/eagle.gif" width=200 height=31 ALT="John Doe University eagle mascot">

ALT tags don't need to describe everything in an image, but they need to be meaningful. In the case above, John Doe University eagle mascot is more meaningful than eagle.

ALL photos, graphic images, and rich media on the School of Medicine site are given ALT tags.

Image:

<IMG SRC="http://www.johndoe.edu/img/logo.gif" width=200 height=31 ALT="Pediatrics logo">

Animation:

<IMG SRC="shuttle.gif" width="60" height="70" ALT="UCSF shuttle driving down Parnassus">

Image with a link:

<A HREF=feedback.html" TITLE="Send feedback to the Department of Lmnopqrst"><IMG SRC="feedback.gif" ALT="Feedback" width="35" height="20" border="0"></A>

After the image is inserted in your web page, select the image. Open the Properties Inspector and enter the ALT tag in the box titled ALT.

1. Choose Edit > Find and Replace, and specify which files to search.

2. Choose Specific Tag from the Search For pop up menu.

3. Choose img from the pop up menu next to Search For pop up menu.

4. Choose Without Attribute from the pop up menu below the Search For pop up menu. Choose alt from the next pop-up menu.

5. Click Find All to generate a list of all the instances of the tag in the current document or, if you are searching a directory or site, generate a list of documents that contain the tag. The list appears in the Search tab of the Results panel