doNotSuppressParagraphBorders (Do Not Suppress Paragraph Borders Next To Frames)

This element specifies whether applications should suppress paragraph borders defined using the pBdr element (§2.3.1.24) when those borders would be displayed next to the contents of paragraphs which have been defined as frames using the framePr element (§2.3.1.11).

Typically, when a paragraph's borders appear next to a frame, those borders are suppressed to avoid having two borders in close proximity. This element, when present with a val attribute value of true (or equivalent), specifies that those borders shall not be suppressed.

[Example: Consider a WordprocessingML document with a paragraph with a paragraph border that is bounded on its bottom let side by a text frame.

The default presentation would suppress the borders which intersect the frame (in this case, the right border of lines three through eight):

However, if this compatibility setting is turned on:

<w:compat>
<w:doNotSuppressParagraphBorders />
</w:compat>

Then no border suppression shall take place, resulting in the following output:

end example]

Parent Elements

compat (§2.15.3.9)

Attributes

Description

val (On/Off Value)

Specifies a binary value for the property defined by the parent XML element.

A value of on, 1, or true specifies that the property shall be explicitly applied. This is the default value for this attribute, and is implied when the parent element is present, but this attribute is omitted.

A value of off, 0, or false specifies that the property shall be explicitly turned off.

[Example: For example, consider the following on/off property:

<w:… w:val="off"/>

The val attribute explicitly declares that the property is turned off. end example]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_OnOff simple type (§2.18.67).

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

</complexType>