General style properties refer to the set of properties which can be used regardless of the type of style. [Example: Within a style definition the style name, additional aliases for the style, a style ID (used by the document content to refer to the style), if style is hidden, if style is locked, etc. are general style properties. end example]

[Example: Consider a style called Heading 1 in a document as follows:

<w:style w:type="paragraph" w:styleId="Heading1">
<w:name w:val="heading 1"/>
<w:basedOn w:val="Normal"/>
<w:next w:val="Normal"/>
<w:link w:val="Heading1Char"/>
<w:priority w:val="1"/>
<w:qformat/>
<w:rsid w:val="00F303CE"/>
...
</w:style>

Above the formatting information specific to this style type are a set of general style properties which define information shared by all style types. end example]