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<TextDirection> element

Office XP

<TextDirection> element

Specifies the direction of the characters in a text block.

Value

Description

0

Horizontal.

1

Vertical.

Syntax

<TextDirection
    [Unit = "unitval"]
    [F = "formula"]
    [Err = "error"]> 
</TextDirection>

Attributes

Unit

Optional string. Represents a unit of measure. The default is NUM. For details about NUM, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa218417(v=office.10) Units of measure.

F

Optional string. Represents the element's formula. This attribute can contain the string "someFormula" if the formula exists locally, "No Formula" if the formula is locally deleted or blocked, or "Inh" if the formula is inherited.

If the attribute is not present, the element's formula is a simple constant, for example, <element> 5 </element>.

Err

Optional string. Indicates that the formula evaluates to an error. The value of Err is the current value (an error message string); the value of the element is the last valid value.

Element information

Parent elements:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa203220(v=office.10) TextBlock

Child elements:

None

Remarks

The TextDirection element is relevant only when contained in a http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa203207(v=office.10) Shape or http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa203205(v=office.10) StyleSheet element. It is ignored when contained in a http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa191981(v=office.10) DocumentSheet or http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa203159(v=office.10) PageSheet element.

See also

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa157974(v=office.10) TextDirection cell (Text Block Format section)

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