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Wordprocessing Text

There are a few text properties related to shading and highlight of text. Each is applied with child elements within the <rPr> element.

Elements:

Element	Description
shd	Specifies the shading for the contents of the run: <w:shd w:val="pct10" w:fill="00FFFF" w:color="FF0000"/>. Shading consists of three components: background color, an optional pattern, and an optional pattern color. The resulting shading is applied by first setting the background color, then applying the pattern and pattern color. The most commonly used attribute values are below. There are also several theme-specific attributes, such as themeColor, themeFill, themeFillShade, etc. Attribute Description fill Specifies the color to be used for the background. Values are given as hex values (i.e., in RRGGBB format). No #, unlike hex values in HTML/CSS. E.g., fill="FFFF00". color Specifies the color to be used for any foreground pattern specified with the val attribute. Values are given as hex values (in RRGGBB format). No #, unlike hex values in HTML/CSS. E.g., fill="FFFF00". val Specifies the pattern to be used to lay the pattern color over the background color. For example, w:val="pct10" indicates that the border style is a 10 percent foreground fill mask. Possible values are: clear (no pattern), pct10, pct12, pct15 . . ., diagCross, diagStripe, horzCross, horzStripe, nil, thinDiagCross, solid, etc. See ECMA-376, 3rd, § 17.18.78 for a complete listing. Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.3.2.32.
highlight	Specifies a highlighting color to be applied as background behind the contents: <w:highlight w:val="red"/> This element will supersede any background shading specified in shd. The single attribute val specifies the color of the text highlighting. Possible values are: black, blue, cyan, darkBlue, darkCyan, darkGray, darkGreen, darkMagenta, darkRed, darkYellow, green, lightGray, magenta, none, red, white, yellow Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.3.2.15.

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