L.1.5.2 Table Properties

The tblPr element defines table-wide properties, properties which are applied to each row and cell in the table. The complete set of table-wide properties can be found on the definition for the tblPr element.

Consider the following simple WordprocessingML table:

This table defines outside and inside table borders, etc; 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:tblGrid>
    …
  </w:tblGrid>
  <w:tr>
    …
  </w:tr>
</w:tbl>

In this example, the tblW element defines the total width of the table, which, in this case, is set to a type attribute value of auto, which specifies that the table should be sized to fit its contents. The tblBorders element 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. The table-wide properties can be overwritten on an individual row basis by specifying table property overrides within the table row properties.