This simple type represents a one dimensional distance which shall be used to offset an objet from its base positioning location stored in EMUs.

[Example: Consider a DrawingML picture which shall be displayed one inch from the top of the page, and one-half of an inch from the left edge of the page. This object would be specified as follows:

<wp:anchor … >
<wp:positionH relativeFrom="page">
<wp:posOffset>914400</wp:posOffset>
</wp:positionH>
<wp:positionV relativeFrom="page">
<wp:posOffset>457200</wp:posOffset>
</wp:positionV>
</wp:anchor>