# characterSpacingControl element

Sets the blank-space compression option you want for Asian characters (Asian Typography option). The equivalent in HTML is setting text-justify-trim on the BODY element.

## Usage

    <characterSpacingControl
    	val="characterSpacingType"
    />

## Element Information

Element type | characterSpacingProperty
Namespace | http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml
Schema name | XML Document 2003

## Elements and Attributes

### Parent Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
docPr | Represents the document properties.

### Child Elements

None.

### Attributes

Attribute | Type | Required | Description | Possible Values
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
val | characterSpacingType | required | Sets the compression option you want for Asian characters (Asian Typography option). In HTML, this is equivalent to setting text-justify-trim on the BODY element. | DontCompress CompressPunctuation CompressPunctuationAndJapaneseKana

## Definition

    <xsd:element name="characterSpacingControl" type="characterSpacingProperty" minOccurs="0" >
    </xsd:element>

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