sym element

Represents a symbol character.

## Usage

    <sym
    	font="stringType"
    	char="shortHexNumberType"
    />

## Element Information

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

## Elements and Attributes

### Parent Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
r | Represents the run element. This is the leaf container for data in a Word document -- text, pictures, and so on.

### Child Elements

None.

### Attributes

Attribute | Type | Required | Description | Possible Values
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
font | stringType | optional | Gets or sets the symbol font. |
char | shortHexNumberType | optional | Gets or sets the character code of the symbol. | length = 2

## Definition

XML
    <xsd:element name="sym" type="symElt" minOccurs="0" ">

            </xsd:element>

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