17.4.36 start

This element specifies the border which shall be displayed at the leading edge of the current table (left for LTR tables, right for RTL tables). The appearance of this table border in the document shall be determined by the following settings:

• The display of the border is subject to the conflict resolution algorithm defined by the tcBorders
• element (17.4.66) and the tblBorders element (17.4.39;17.4.38)

If this element is omitted, then the leading edge of this table shall have the border specified by the associated table style. If no leading edge border is specified in the style hierarchy, then this table shall not have a left border.

[Example: Consider an LTR table in which the table properties specify a leading edge table border, as follows:

R1C1

R1C2

R2C1

R2C2

This leading edge table border is specified using the following WordprocessingML:

<w:tbl>
  <w:tblPr>
    <w:tblBorders>
      <w:start w:val="thinThickThinMediumGap" w:sz="24" w:space="0"
w:color="D0D0D0" w:themeColor="accent3" w:themeTint="99"/>
    </w:tblBorders>
  </w:tblPr>
  …
</w:tbl>

The start element specifies a three point leading edge table border of type thinThinThickMediumGap. end example]

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