User Guide - NetObjects Fusion

Editing Objects and Assets
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Adding and Modifying Alt Tags
To make pages load faster, some visitors set up their browsers so they do not
display images. To ensure that your pages provide the information you want to
convey regardless of how the site visitor’s browser is set up, use Alt Tags to provide
descriptive text that appears when images are not displayed. You can add an Alt
Tag to image, Java, drawn shape, generic plug-in, QuickTime, Shockwave, audio,
and video objects in the AltTag field of the properties panel.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x and greater and Netscape Navigator 4.x display Alt
Tag text in a ScreenTip when site visitors point at an object, so make sure every Alt
Tag is appropriate for a ScreenTip.
To add or modify an Alt Tag:
AltTag field
• On the object’s Properties panel, type a descriptive name in the AltTag field.
Editing Objects and Assets
You can edit objects created in other software applications from within NetObjects
Fusion. In Page view, right-click the object and select Open File In External Editor
from the shortcut menu. In Assets view, you select the Asset, and then from the
Asset menu, select Open File in External Editor. If the correct application does not
open, the file type of the object or asset is probably not associated with the correct
application. You can set external file editors for .html, .gif, and .jpg files on the
Program tab of the Options dialog. See “Setting Program Options” on page 22.