InDesign How-To: Add Alt Text or Artifact an Image

See two key accessibility techniques for working with images in InDesign.

Erica Gamet Erica Gamet

In this InDesign how-to video, Colleen Gratzer shows how to add alt text to an image when making an accessible document. She also demos how to artifact images—so that screenreaders will ignore them—and she explains when to use each method.

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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025

This article was first published on January 26, 2021

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