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  1. #21

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    Quote Originally Posted by planetsquid View Post
    The only issue that I can see being a problem is XWD's desire to turn indexable text into PNG files. This seems to happen if you group any text.
    Which is where you make use of the ALT and TITLE attributes in the <IMG tag. Googlebot likes ALT text
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    I think planetsquids point was that many people may not realise their text has turned into a graphic image. It's not an ideal situation.
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  3. #23

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    It's still possible to group text and let it remain as text Paul

    The WD help files says:

    Text inside groups for websites
    When a document is exported as a website, all groups get exported as images. So any text inside groups is not present as text in your exported website, and so it can't be picked up by search engines or selected and copied as text by a visitor to your site.

    For graphical buttons, headings, logos etc. this is usually desirable as the text just forms part of the graphic. But you may have more substantial pieces of text inside groups which you want to remain as text in your exported web page. To arrange this, all you need to do is apply the special name "HTMLText" to your text object. The easiest way to do this is as follows:

    Go into the Text Tool and click on your text to insert the text cursor.
    Press escape so that the whole text object becomes selected.
    Open the Name dialog (Utilities->Names...).
    Either select the "HTMLText" name from the "Apply name" dropdown list if you've already used it in the current document, or type in the name "HTMLText". Then click "Add" to add the name.
    Now, when you export your website, your text will remain as text and the rest of the group will be converted to an image. All the text panels provided in the Designs gallery already have this name applied to the text objects inside them, so the text on the panels will export as text.
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    Thanks for the suggestion. Wouldn't it be great if XWD could automatically fill in the ALT attribute for any text object that it rasterizes? Another one to add to the ever growing wish list.

    I don't blame John for not letting us see Xara's in-house wish list. I'm sure their competition would call it the "XWD list of shortcomings". Not something you want in the public domain.

    Rich
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    Quote Originally Posted by sledger View Post
    It's still possible to group text and let it remain as text Paul

    The WD help files says:
    Yes, but how many people will read that help file. It's not an intuitive behaviour for the casual user.

    Yes, I agree that XWD should fill in the ALT tags automatically in these circumstances.

    Paul
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  6. #26

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    Quote Originally Posted by pauland View Post
    Yes, but how many people will read that help file. It's not an intuitive behaviour for the casual user.
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    Obviously not as intuitive as finding something wrong with every answer provided it seems.
    Paul, questions have been asked and answers provided. This is what the TG forums are for no?
    I see no point in providing solid answers for you to simple turn them back on me..
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    Sledger, it's not about you, it's just an opinion expressed about the software. Your answer was perfect in addressing the software as it currently is. My comment made the point that the behaviour of the software is not so intuitive - not a reflection on you or your answer.

    I don't know what's going on with talkgraphics these days - so many people seem to be taking offense at innocent comment about the software.
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    I hear you!
    I mean the idea to add alt on text rasterization. Have to think about it.
    John.
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