Maintaining image Alt Text from Word to Postscript to PDF

Is there any way to create a postscript file from Word 2007 that includes alt text on the images when distilled as a PDF?
I have Word 2007 files with alt text on the images. If I create a postscript file (using the print to file method on the Adobe postscript printer driver) and then distill it, the alt text is missing on the images in the PDF.

Thanks for the reply. That's what I was afraid of.
So here's the other part of this question: I have an automated process working to create PDFs using supported postscript method that I mentioned above. Now, I have a new requirement to include alt text with those PDFs. The only way I have been able to get that to work is with the PDFMaker functionality in Word. I have been able to automate it, but automating PDFMaker is not supported or recommended by Adobe. And I have found PDFMaker to be flaky, even outside the automation.
So, is there no supported way to automate the creation of PDFs from Word with alt text?

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