# r element (pElt complexType)

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

## Usage

    <r />

## Element Information

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

## Elements and Attributes

### Parent Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
p | Represents a paragraph element; analogous to the HTML <p> tag.

### Child Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
rPr | Represents properties of the contents of this run.
br | Represents a text-wrapping break.
t | Represents text content.
delText | Represents revision-deleted text content. Using this element instead of the t element does not make text revision-marked deleted. The delText element should be inside an Annotation Markup Language (AML) Word.Deletion block.
instrText | Represents field instruction content
delInstrText | Represents revision-deleted field-instruction content. Using this element instead of the instrText element does not make field-instruction text revision-marked deleted. The delInstrText element should be inside an Annotation Markup Language (AML) Word.Deletion block.
noBreakHyphen | Represents a nonbreaking hyphen
softHyphen | Represents a soft-hyphen (optional hyphen).
annotationRef | Represents an annotation reference mark.
footnoteRef | Represents a footnote reference mark.
endnoteRef | Represents an endnote reference mark.
separator | Represents a footnote or endnote separator mark.
continuationSeparator | Represents a footnote or endnote continuation separator mark.
footnote | Represents a footnote that appears at this point in the document. The contents of the footnote are in this element.
endnote | Represents an endnote that appears at this point in the document. The contents of the endnote are in this element.
sym | Represents a symbol character.
pgNum | Represents a page number at display time.
cr | Specifies that this paragraph mark isn't a paragraph mark -- it's just a carriage return in the paragraph.
tab | Represents a tab character.
pict | Represents a picture or other binary object that appears at this point in the document.
fldChar | Represents a field-delimiting character
ruby | Represents the Asian Layout option Phonetic Guide (Ruby Text).
aml:annotation | See external namespace.
wx:t | See external namespace.

### Attributes

None.

## Definition

    <xsd:element name="r" type="rElt" >
    </xsd:element>

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