17.15.1.26 displayBackgroundShape

This element specifies whether the images and colors defined in the document’s background using the background element (17.2.1) shall be displayed when the document is displayed in print layout view (17.18.102) as specified in the view element (17.15.1.92).

If this element is omitted, then background shapes shall not be displayed when the document is displayed in print layout view.

[Example: Consider a WordprocessingML document that has a turquoise background specified for all pages and is being displayed in page layout view, as follows:

If the document’s background should not be displayed, that requirement would be specified using the following WordprocessingML in the document settings:

<w:displayBackgroundShape w:val="true" />

The resulting document would display the background in page layout view:

end example]

This element’s content model is defined by the common boolean property definition in 17.17.4.