rtlGutter (Gutter on Right Side of Page)

This element specifies that the page gutter shall be placed on the right side of the page for this section only. The page gutter defines the amount of extra space added to the specified margin, above any existing margin values. [Note: This setting is typically used when a document is being created for binding, in order to ensure that the resulting margins are present after the binding gutter is consumed by the printed matter binding. end note]

If the gutter is set to the side of the page by the omission of the gutterAtTop element (§2.15.1.49), then each section's gutter is placed at the left by default, unless that default is overridden by the rtlGutter element.

[Example: Consider a document with three sections, with gutter properties defined as follows:

<w:p>
<w:pPr>
<w:sectPr>
<w:pgMar w:gutter="1440" …/>
…
</w:sectPr>
</w:pPr>
</w:p>

...

<w:p>
<w:pPr>
<w:sectPr>
<w:pgMar w:gutter="1440" …/>
<w:rtlGutter w:val="0" />
…
</w:sectPr>
</w:pPr>
</w:p>

...

<w:p>
<w:pPr>
<w:sectPr>
<w:pgMar w:gutter="1440" …/>
<w:rtlGutter />
…
</w:sectPr>
</w:pPr>
</w:p>

The first and second sections both place the gutter on the left side, the first by omission of the rtlGutter attribute, and the second by explicitly turning it off. The third section, however, moves the gutter to the right side via the use of the rtlGutter attribute. end example]

If the gutterAtTop element (§2.15.1.49) is specified and true, then each section's gutter is at the top and this setting is ignored.

Parent Elements

sectPr (§2.6.17); sectPr (§2.6.18); sectPr (§2.6.19)

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>