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textDirection (Text Flow Direction)
This element specifies the direction of the text flow for this section.
[Example: Consider a document with a section in which text shall flow bottom to top vertically, and left to right horizontally. This setting requires the following WordprocessingML:
<w:sectPr>
…
<w:textDirection w:val="btLr" />
</w:sectPr>
The textDirection element specifies via the btLr value in the val attribute that the text flow shall go bottom to top, and left to right. end example]
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val (Direction of Text Flow) |
Specifies the direction of the text flow for this object.
[Example: Consider a document with a section in which text shall flow bottom to top vertically, and left to right horizontally. This setting requires the following WordprocessingML:
<w:sectPr>
The textDirection element specifies via the btLr value in the val attribute that the text flow shall go bottom to top, and left to right. end example]
The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_TextDirection simple type (§2.18.100). |
The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:
<complexType name="CT_TextDirection">
<attribute name="val" type="ST_TextDirection" use="required"/>
</complexType>