17.4.72 textDirection

This element specifies the direction of the text flow for this table cell.

If this element is omitted on a given table cell, 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 the table cell shall inherit the text flow settings from the parent section.

is

[Example: Consider a table with one cell in which all the table cell’s text flow right to left horizontally within that cell:

oriented vertically, flowing from

cell

table

this

in Text

This table cell would specify this text flow using the following WordprocessingML:

<w:tc>
  <w:tcPr>
    …
    <w:textDirection w:val="rl" />
  </w:tcPr>
  …
</w:tc>

The textDirection element specifies via the rl value in the val attribute that the text flow is to be oriented vertically, with subsequent lines stacked from right to left. end example]

Attributes

val (Direction of Text Flow)

Specifies the direction of the text flow for this object.

[Example: Consider a document with a section in which text must be oriented vertically, flowing from left to right horizontally on the page. This setting requires the following WordprocessingML:

  <w:sectPr>
    …
    <w:textDirection w:val="lr" />
  </w:sectPr>

The textDirection element specifies via the lr value in the val attribute that the text flow be oriented vertically, with subsequent lines stacked from left to right. end example]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_TextDirection simple type (17.18.93).

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