Ann,
Are you asking about adding Alt Text for an image using Microsoft Word? If so, it's a cinch, as it is under most HTML editors, too.
If you're referring to something after the fact then it becomes significantly more complicated and murkier.
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Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1809, Build 17763
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