17.3.1.3 autoSpaceDN

This element specifies whether inter-character spacing shall automatically be adjusted between regions of numbers and regions of East Asian text in the current paragraph. These regions shall be determined by the Unicode character values of the text content within the paragraph.

[Note: This property is used to ensure that the spacing between regions of numbers and adjoining East Asian text is sufficient on each side such that the numbers can be easily read within the East Asian text. end note]

If this element is omitted on a given paragraph, its value is determined by the setting previously set at any level of the style hierarchy (i.e. that previous setting remains unchanged). If this setting is never specified in the style hierarchy, its value is assumed to be true.

[Example: Consider a paragraph in which the spacing should not be automatically adjusted based on the presence of numbers and East Asian text. This setting would be specified using the following WordprocessingML:

<w:p>
  <w:pPr>
    …
    <w:autoSpaceDN w:val="false" />
  </w:pPr>
  …
</w:p>

By explicitly setting the val to false, this paragraph automatically adjusts the spacing of adjoining numbers and East Asian text. end example]

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