Chris, > According to the RNIB you should use alt="*" where the image is used purely for layout purposes and for long descriptions use LONGDESC. > > ref: http://www.rnib.org.uk/digital/hints.htm under the subtitle:Images Unfortunately, this is one of those debates that goes around and around whenever it comes up. The RNIB makes an interesting argument for using an asterisk, but this is contrary to the W3C's HTML 4.x recommendation [1] to use an empty string. IMO, practical implementation and experience both recommend in favor of using the empty string instead of an asterisk or a space (another common suggestion). 1. http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#adef-alt James Aylard