This element specifies that the contents of this run shall be displayed as if each character has a shadow, displayed beneath the text and to its right.

This formatting property is a toggle property, which specifies that its behavior differs between its use within a style definition and its use as direct formatting. When used as part of a style definition, setting this property shall toggle the current state of that property as specified up to this point in the hierarchy (i.e. applied to not applied, and vice versa). Setting it to false (or an equivalent) shall result in the current setting remaining unchanged. However, when used as direct formatting, setting this property to true or false shall set the absolute state of the resulting property.

If this element is not present, the default value is to leave the formatting applied at previous level in the style hierarchy. If this element is never applied in the style hierarchy, then shadowing shall not be applied to the contents of this run.

This element shall not be present with either the emboss (§2.3.2.11) or imprint (§2.3.2.16) properties on the same run, since they are mutually exclusive in terms of appearance.

[Example: Consider a run of text which shall have the shadow property explicitly turned on for the contents of the run. This constraint is specified using the following WordprocessingML:

<w:rPr>
<w:shadow w:val="true"/>
</w:rPr>

This run explicitly declares that the shadow property is true, so the contents of this run will appear with a shadow. end example]

Parent Elements

rPr (§2.7.8.1); rPr (§2.3.1.29); rPr (§2.5.2.26); rPr (§2.3.2.25); rPr (§2.3.2.26); rPr (§2.7.4.4); rPr (§2.3.1.30); rPr (§2.9.26); rPr (§2.5.2.27); rPr (§2.7.5.2)

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>