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Shape.AlternativeText Property

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Excel Developer Reference

Returns or sets the descriptive (alternative) text string for a Shape object when the object is saved to a Web page. Read/write String.

Syntax

expression.AlternativeText

expression   A variable that represents a Shape object.

Remarks

The alternative text can be displayed either in place of the shape’s image in the Web browser , or directly over the image when the mouse pointer hovers over the image (in browsers that support these features).

Example

This example sets the alternative text for the first shape on the first worksheet to a description of the shape.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Worksheets(1).Shapes(1).AlternativeText = "Concentric circles"

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