Learn what is alternate text for images and how to add it in FrameMaker.
Alternate text provides the accessibility for an image and also provides the text description in case the image is not displayed. You can add alt-text for both unstructured and structured documents.
To define the alt-text for unstructured documents, you can include object attribute information for your anchored frames.
@alt attribute
or the <alt> element. You can add @alt attribute
for the <image> element from the Attributes panel
in the WYSIWIG view. The @alt attribute
is added as an <alt> element in
the XML view and doesn't break the XML format. This helps you easily
add and update the @alt attribute for
the images in your structured documents from the WYSIWIG view.
@alt attribute
for the image element in the XML view and it is shown as an attribute in
the WYISWIG view. However, it again changes to <alt> element
when you switch to XML view. For more details on accessibility,
see Accessibility in Adobe FrameMaker.Introduction
RoboScreenCapture is a screen capture tool that can be used for capturing and editing images. You can use these images in your help systems like online tutorials, manuals, training handouts, presentations, marketing materials, and web pages.
Integration of Adobe FrameMaker with Adobe RoboScreenCapture helps you do the following:
Open RoboScreenCapture from FrameMaker.
Insert images created in RoboScreenCapture into FrameMaker.
Edit images imported by reference into FrameMaker using RoboScreenCapture. You can use the right-click option Edit with RoboScreenCapture for an image to launch and edit the image in RoboScreenCapture.
Changes made to the image are reflected in FrameMaker after the image is saved and closed in RoboScreenCapture.
You can use RoboScreenCapture to perform the following tasks:
Capture screens in 10 modes, including freehand, virtual screen, and multi-region
Capture screens using a drop-down list, assign your own keyboard shortcuts, and even control RoboScreenCapture with voice commands
Capture difficult-to-grab screens such as DirectX, Direct3D, 3Dfx, Voodoo, and Glide mode games
Capture more than is visible on the screen, such as long Web pages
Edit images
Save your screen capture in over 20 image formats
Automatically save screen captures to image files
Quickly add image stamps, frames, drop shadows, and more
Change image colors, flip or rotate images, and crop images to a smaller size
Add identifying stamps to each screen capture, such as a company name or logo
Call-out specific areas of your capture with shapes, shadow effects, and more.
Capturing and inserting images
You can use RoboScreenCapture from FrameMaker to capture a screenshot from an application running on your computer, and save it in RoboScreenCapture. You can then import the file into an open FrameMaker document.
Open the FrameMaker document into which you want to insert images.
Choose . The RoboScreenCapture application opens.
From RoboScreenCapture, capture a screenshot of the desired application using the various options in the Capture menu.
Save the file, and close RoboScreenCapture.
In Adobe FrameMaker, choose or .
The Import dialog box appears.
Select the file created in RoboScreenCapture.
Select Import by Reference from the Import dialog box.
Click Import.
Editing imported RoboScreenCapture images
You can use RoboScreenCapture to edit images inserted by reference into FrameMaker documents.
Open FrameMaker.
Choose , and open a document with the image you want to edit.
Select the image you want to edit.
Right-click the image, and select Edit With RoboScreenCapture. The RoboScreenCapture application opens with the image open for editing.
Edit the image.
Choose .
Choose to close the RoboScreenCapture application.
The edited image is updated in FrameMaker and is ready for use in the document.