Wordprocessing Document
The <w:document> element is the root element of the main content part.
<w:document>
<w:body>
<w:p/>
</w:body>
</w:document>
Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference §§ 17.2.3.
Elements:
The <w:document> element can contain the elements below.
Element | Description |
background |
Specifies the background for every page of the document. The background can be either an DrawingML object or a sold color. If it is a DrawingML
object, then the background element contains a drawing element. If a solid color
is used, then background is an empty element, with the color specified in the following attributes.
Attribute | Description |
color |
Specifies the color. Possible values are either hex-encoded RGB values (in RRGGBB format) or auto. E.g.,
<w:background w:color="2C34FF"/>
|
themeColor |
Specifies the base theme color (which is specified in the Theme part). E.g.,
<w:background w:themeColor="accent5"/>
|
themeShade |
Specifies the shade value applied to the theme color (in hex encoding of values 0-255). E.g.,
<w:background w:themeColor="accent2" w:themeShade="BF"/>
|
themeTint |
Specifies the tint value applied to the theme color (in hex encoding of values 0-255). E.g.,
<w:background w:themeColor="accent2" w:themeTint="99"/>
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Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.2.1.
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body |
Specifies the contents of the body of the document. It has no attributes. It can contain a number of elements, most related to tracking
changes and adding customer XML. The core elements are listed below.
Elements:
Element | Description |
p |
Specifies a paragraph of content. See Paragraphs.
Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.3.1.22.
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sectPr |
Specifies the section properties for the final section. See Sections.
Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.6.17.
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tbl |
Specifies a table. See Tables.
Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.4.38.
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Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.2.2.
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Attributes:
<w:document> has a single attribute:
Attribute | Description |
conformance |
Specifies the conformance class to which the document conforms. Possible values are:
- strict - the document conforms to Office Open XML Strict
- transitional - the document conforms to Office Open XML Transitional. This is the default value.
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Related HTML element:
<html>
<head>
...
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
</html>