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Specifies the type of the current section.
[Example: Consider a section that shall start on the next page in the document. The WordprocessingML specifying this would look like:
<w:sectPr>
…
<w:type w:val="nextPage"/>
</w:sectPr>
The nextPage value specifies that this section starts on the next page. end example]
This simple type's contents are a restriction of the XML Schema string datatype.
The following are possible enumeration values for this type:
Enumeration Value |
Description |
continuous (Continuous Section Break) |
Specifies a continuous section break, which begin the new section on the following paragraph. This means that continuous section breaks might not specify certain page-level section properties, since they must be inherited from the following section. These breaks, however, can specify other section properties, such as line numbering and footnote/endnote settings. |
evenPage (Even Page Section Break) |
Specifies an even page section break, which begins the new section on the next even-numbered page, leaving the next odd page blank if necessary. |
nextColumn (Column Section Break) |
Specifies a column section break, which begins the new section on the following column on the page. |
nextPage (Next Page Section Break) |
Specifies a next page section break, which begins the new section on the following page. |
oddPage (Odd Page Section Break) |
Specifies an odd page section break, which begins the new section on the next odd-numbered page, leaving the next even page blank if necessary. |
Referenced By |
type@val (§2.6.22) |
The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this simple type:
<simpleType name="ST_SectionMark">
<restriction base="xsd:string">
<enumeration value="nextPage"/>
<enumeration value="nextColumn"/>
<enumeration value="continuous"/>
<enumeration value="evenPage"/>
<enumeration value="oddPage"/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>