17.3.1.4 bar

This element specifies the border which can be displayed on the inside edge of the paragraph when the parent’s section settings specify that the section shall be printed using mirrored margins using the mirrorMargins

element (17.15.1.57). [Note: This information is present in the WordprocessingML for the purposes of legacy document format compatibility, and it can be removed and/or ignored as required. 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, then no bar border shall be applied to the current paragraph.

[Example: Consider the following paragraph’s WordprocessingML definition for its paragraph borders:

<w:p>
  <w:pPr>
    <w:pBdr>
      <w:top w:val="single" w:sz="24" w:space="1" w:color="F2DCDB"
        w:themeColor="accent2" w:themeTint="33" />
      <w:left w:val="single" w:sz="24" w:space="4" w:color="B97034"
        w:themeColor="accent6" w:themeShade="BF" />
      <w:bottom w:val="single" w:sz="24" w:space="1" w:color="F2DCDB"
        w:themeColor="accent2" w:themeTint="33" />
      <w:right w:val="single" w:sz="24" w:space="4" w:color="C3D69B"
        w:themeColor="accent3" w:themeTint="99" />
      <w:bar w:val="single" w:sz="24" w:space="1" w:color="4F81BD"
        w:themeColor="accent1" />
    </w:pBdr>
  </w:pPr>
  <w:r>
    <w:t>Sample paragraph.</w:t>
  </w:r>
</w:p>

This paragraph has a single line bar border as defined by the bar element. end example]

This element’s content model is defined by the common border properties definition in 17.3.4.