17.4.59 tblPr

This element specifies the set of table-wide properties applied to the current table. These properties affect the appearance of all rows and cells within the parent table, but can be overridden by individual table-level exception, row, and cell level properties as defined by each property.

[Example: Consider the following simple WordprocessingML table:

This table defines a one point single border for all border types and is set to 100% of page width - both table- wide properties. The resulting table is represented by the following WordprocessingML:

<w:tbl>
  <w:tblPr>
    <w:tblW w:w="0" w:type="auto"/>
    <w:tblBorders>
      <w:top w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="auto"/>
      <w:start w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="auto"/>
      <w:bottom w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="auto"/>
      <w:end w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="auto"/>
      <w:insideH w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="auto"/>
      <w:insideV w:val="single" w:sz="4" w:space="0" w:color="auto"/>
    </w:tblBorders>
  </w:tblPr>
  …
</w:tbl>

In this example, the tblW element (17.4.63) defines the total width of the table, which, in this case, is set to a type of auto, which specifies that the table should be automatically sized to fit its contents. The tblBorders element (17.4.38) specifies each of the table’s borders, and specifies a one point border on the top, left, bottom, right and inside horizontal and vertical border. end example]

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