pPr element (styleElt complexType)

Represents the paragraph properties for the style, if any.

## Usage

    <pPr />

## Element Information

Element type | pPrElt
Namespace | http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml
Schema name | wordnet

## Elements and Attributes

### Parent Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
style | Represents the style definition.

### Child Elements

Element | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
pStyle | stringProperty | Represents paragraph style.
keepNext | onOffProperty | Represents Keep with Next Paragraph option: Prevents a page break between this paragraph and the next.
keepLines | onOffProperty | Represents Keep Lines Together option: Prevents a page break in this paragraph.
pageBreakBefore | onOffProperty | Represents Page Break Before option: Forces a page break before this paragraph.
framePr | framePrProperty | Represents text frame and drop cap properties.
widowControl | onOffProperty | Represents Widow/Orphan Control option: Prevents Word from printing the last line of a paragraph by itself at the top of the page (widow) or the first line of a paragraph at the bottom of a page (orphan).
listPr | listPrElt | Represents list properties.
supressLineNumbers | onOffProperty | Prevents line numbers from appearing next to paragraph. This setting has no effect in documents or sections with no line numbers.
pBdr | pBdrElt | Represents borders for the paragraph.
shd | shdProperty | Represents paragraph shading.
tabs | tabsElt | Represents tab stop list.
suppressAutoHyphens | onOffProperty | Prevents automatic hyphenation.
kinsoku | onOffProperty | Use East Asian typography and line-breaking rules to determine which characters begin and end a line on a page (Asian Typography option).
wordWrap | onOffProperty | Allows a line to break in the middle of a Latin word (Asian Typography option).
overflowPunct | onOffProperty | Allows punctuation to continue one character beyond the alignment of other lines in the paragraph. If you do not use this option, all lines and punctuation must be perfectly aligned (Asian Typography option).
topLinePunct | onOffProperty | Allows punctuation to compress at the start of a line, which lets subsequent characters move in closer (Asian Typography option).
autoSpaceDE | onOffProperty | Automatically adjusts character spacing between East Asian and Latin text (Asian Typography option).
autoSpaceDN | onOffProperty | Automatically adjusts character spacing between East Asian text and numbers (Asian Typography option).
bidi | onOffProperty | Sets the alignment and reading order for a paragraph to right-to-left.
adjustRightInd | onOffProperty | Automatically adjusts the right indent when you are using the document grid.
snapToGrid | onOffProperty | Aligns text to document grid (when grid is defined).
spacing | spacingProperty | Represents spacing between lines and paragraphs.
ind | indProperty | Represents paragraph indentation.
contextualSpacing | onOffProperty | Specifies not to add space between paragraphs of the same style.
suppressOverlap | onOffProperty | Specifies not to allow this frame to overlap.
jc | jcProperty | Represents paragraph alignment.
textDirection | textDirectionProperty | Represents orientation for the paragraph in the current cell, text box, or text frame.
textAlignment | textAlignmentProperty | Determines the vertical alignment of all text in a line (Asian Typography option).
outlineLvl | decimalNumberProperty | Represents outline level.
divId | decimalNumberProperty | Represents ID of HTML DIV element this paragraph is currently in.
cnfStyle | cnfProperty | A string representation of a binary bitmask that represents the conditional formatting results for this paragraph within a table cell (left to right): FirstRow, LastRow, FirstColumn, LastColumn, Band1Vertical, Band2Vertical, Band1Horizontal, Band2Horizontal, NE Cell, NW Cell, SE Cell, SW Cell.
rPr | rPrElt | Represents run properties for the paragraph mark.
sectPr | sectPrElt | Represents section properties for section that terminates at this paragraph mark.
nnotation | external ref | See external namespace.

### Attributes

None.

## Definition

XML
    <xsd:element name="pPr" type="pPrElt" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" ">

          </xsd:element>

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