17.3.2.12 em

This element specifies the emphasis mark that shall be applied to each non-space character in this run. An emphasis mark is an additional character whose display position relative to the character to which it is applied is language- and writing-direction-dependent. The emphasis mark is specified by the contents of the val attribute.

If this element is not present, the default value is to leave the formatting applied at the previous level in the style hierarchy. If this element is never applied in the style hierarchy, then no emphasis mark shall be applied to any character in this run.

[Example: Consider a run of text that is to have a dot emphasis mark applied to it. This is specified using the following WordprocessingML:

<w:rPr>
  <w:em w:val="dot"/>
</w:rPr>
_end example_]

Attributes

val (Emphasis Mark Type)

Specifies the emphasis mark applied to each non-space character in this run.

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_Em simple type (17.18.24).

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