17.18.12 ST_Direction

This simple type specifies the possible values for bidirectional settings within a WordprocessingML document.

[Example: Consider the following bidirectional setting; in this case, a bidirectional override:

<w:bdo w:val="rtl">
  …
</w:bdo>

The val attribute explicitly declares that the override is applied right to left via the val attribute value of rtl. end example]

This simple type’s contents are a restriction of the W3C XML Schema string datatype.

This simple type is restricted to the values

listed in the following table:

Enumeration Value

Description

Specifies a left-to-right direction for the property defined by the parent XML element.

Specifies a right-to-left direction for the property defined by the parent XML element.

[Note: The W3C XML Schema definition of this simple type’s content model (ST_Direction) is located in A.1. end note]