17.4.83 vAlign

This element specifies the vertical alignment for text within the current table cell. The vertical alignment of this text is determined by the value of the val attribute.

[Example: Consider a table with a single cell with text vertically aligned to the bottom of the cell:

R1C1

This requirement would be specified using the following WordprocessingML:

<w:tc>
  <w:tcPr>
    <w:vAlign w:val="bottom" />
  </w:tcPr>
  <w:p>
    <w:r>
      <w:t>R1C1</w:t>
    </w:r>
  </w:p>
</w:tc>

The vAlign element specifies the vertical alignment of the cell contents, in the case, the bottom of the table cell. end example]

Attributes

val (Vertical Alignment Setting)

Specifies the vertical alignment for text between the top and bottom margins of the parent container (page or table cell).

[Example: Consider a region where the text must be vertically centered in the parent element. This would require a val value of center, in order to specify that all justification vertically must be centered relative to the parent. For a section, this setting would be specified as follows:

  <w:vAlign w:val="center" />

The val attribute of center specifies that the content is centered relative to its container (in this case, the page). end example]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_VerticalJc simple type (17.18.101).

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