17.4.76 top

This element specifies the border which shall be displayed at the top of the current table. 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 top of this table shall have the border specified by the associated table style. If no top border is specified in the style hierarchy, then this table shall not have a top border.

[Example: Consider a table in which the table properties specifies a top table border, as follows:

R1C1

R1C2

R2C1

R2C2

This top table border is specified using the following WordprocessingML:

<w:tbl>
  <w:tblPr>
    <w:tblBorders>
      <w:top 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 top element specifies a three point top table border of type thinThinThickMediumGap. end example].

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