WD97: Picture Loses Picture Placeholder Text When Hyperlinked

ID: Q173499

The information in this article applies to:

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:

1. On the View menu, click HTML Source.

2. 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>

3. 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.

4. On the View menu, click Exit HTML Source.

5. Save the changes you just made to the HTML Source.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.

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:

1. Click to select the picture you want to add picture placeholder text to.

2. On the Format menu, click Picture.

3. 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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q164342
   TITLE     : WD97: Picture Hyperlinks Lost When Saved as HTML

   ARTICLE-ID: Q157637
   TITLE     : 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

Last Reviewed: February 13, 1999