This element specifies the contents of a table present in the document. A table is a set of paragraphs (and other block-level content) arranged in rows and columns. Tables in WordprocessingML are defined via the tbl element, which is analogous to the HTML table tag.

[Example: Consider an empty one-cell table (i.e.; a table with one row, one column) and 1 point borders on all sides:

This table is represented by the following WordprocessingML:

<w:tbl>
<w:tblPr>
<w:tblW w:w="5000" w:type="pct"/>
<w:tblBorders>
<w:top w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="auto"/>
<w:left w:val="single" w:sz="4 w:space="0" w:color="auto"/>
<w:bottom w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="auto"/>
<w:right w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="auto"/>
</w:tblBorders>
</w:tblPr>
<w:tblGrid>
<w:gridCol w:w="10296"/>
</w:tblGrid>
<w:tr>
<w:tc>
<w:tcPr>
<w:tcW w:w="0" w:type="auto"/>
</w:tcPr>
<w:p/>
</w:tc>
</w:tr>
</w:tbl>

This table specifies table-wide properties of 100% of page width using the tblW element (§2.4.61); a the set of table borders using the tblBorders element (§2.4.38); the table grid which defines a set of shared vertical edges within the table using the tblGrid element (§2.4.44); and a single table row using the tr element (§2.4.75). end example]

Parent Elements

body (§2.2.2); comment (§2.13.4.2); customXml (§2.5.1.6); docPartBody (§2.12.6); endnote (§2.11.2); footnote (§2.11.10); ftr (§2.10.3); hdr (§2.10.4); sdtContent (§2.5.2.32); tc (§2.4.62); txbxContent (§2.17.1.1)

Child Elements	Subclause
bookmarkEnd (Bookmark End)	§2.13.6.1
bookmarkStart (Bookmark Start)	§2.13.6.2
commentRangeEnd (Comment Anchor Range End)	§2.13.4.3
commentRangeStart (Comment Anchor Range Start)	§2.13.4.4
customXml (Row-Level Custom XML Element)	§2.5.1.4
customXmlDelRangeEnd (Custom XML Markup Deletion End)	§2.13.5.4
customXmlDelRangeStart (Custom XML Markup Deletion Start)	§2.13.5.5
customXmlInsRangeEnd (Custom XML Markup Insertion End)	§2.13.5.6
customXmlInsRangeStart (Custom XML Markup Insertion Start)	§2.13.5.7
customXmlMoveFromRangeEnd (Custom XML Markup Move Source End)	§2.13.5.8
customXmlMoveFromRangeStart (Custom XML Markup Move Source Start)	§2.13.5.9
customXmlMoveToRangeEnd (Custom XML Markup Move Destination Location End)	§2.13.5.10
customXmlMoveToRangeStart (Custom XML Markup Move Destination Location Start)	§2.13.5.11
del (Deleted Run Content)	§2.13.5.12
ins (Inserted Run Content)	§2.13.5.20
moveFrom (Move Source Run Content)	§2.13.5.21
moveFromRangeEnd (Move Source Location Container - End)	§2.13.5.23
moveFromRangeStart (Move Source Location Container - Start)	§2.13.5.24
moveTo (Move Destination Run Content)	§2.13.5.26
moveToRangeEnd (Move Destination Location Container - End)	§2.13.5.27
moveToRangeStart (Move Destination Location Container - Start)	§2.13.5.28
oMath (Office Math)	§7.1.2.77
oMathPara (Math Paragraph)	§7.1.2.78
permEnd (Range Permission End)	§2.13.7.1
permStart (Range Permission Start)	§2.13.7.2
proofErr (Proofing Error Anchor)	§2.13.8.1
sdt (Row-Level Structured Document Tag)	§2.5.2.31
tblGrid (Table Grid)	§2.4.44
tblPr (Table Properties)	§2.4.55
tr (Table Row)	§2.4.75

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

</sequence>

</complexType>