Configure alternative text during image insertion

When you insert an image, the default is that its alternate text is automatically added as an <alt> element of the <image> element, per the DITA standard. You can change this default.

1. In the TEXTML Administration perspective, connect to your server.
2. Locate the mutliimage.xml file in the repository's /system/conf collection.
3. Check out the file and open it for editing.
4. Under the <multiimage> element, add the following element:

   <!-- type is [element|attribute|none] -->
   <alternateHandling type="type"/>

   where type is one of the following:

   • attribute: The alternate text is added in the alt attribute of the <image> element
   • none: The alternate text is not added to the <image> element
   • element: The alternate text is added in the <alt> element of the <image> element (default)

   For example, consider the following multiimage.xml file:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE multiimage PUBLIC "-//ixiasoft.com//cms//config//multiimage" "multiimage.dtd">
   
   ...
      <!-- type is [element|attribute|none] -->
      <alternateHandling type="attribute"/>
   </multiimage>

   When you insert an image with the "Create a Ditaval file" alternate text, the following DITA code will be added:

   <image alt="Create a Ditaval file" href="lar1371584859805.image" id="image_hhn_qyj_4k"/>

5. Save, close, and check in the file.
6. Inform users of the changes.
   The changes will be applied automatically once users close and then reopen their IXIA CCMS Desktop. Users can also apply the changes without restarting their CCMS Desktop by clicking IXIA CCMS > Synchronize Configuration.