3.9.6 ST_SpId (Shape ID Type)

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A shape ID has the following characteristics:

  • It begins with “_x0000_” followed by 1 character and a number: _x0000_[c]<num>

  • The character [c] is:

  •  ‘t’ or ‘m’ when used for a shapetype element ("[ISO/IEC-29500-4] §19.1.2.20; shapetype (Shape Template)").

  • ‘s’ when used for a shape.

  • Shape IDs always start at 1025.

  • Shape IDs are clustered together, and each cluster has 1024 values.  The first cluster ranges from 1025 to 2048.

  • Shape IDs within the same cluster may only exist in:

  • one worksheet, for Excel.

  • one slide, for PowerPoint.

  • one document, for Word.

  • the header, for Word.

  • ‘s’ or ‘i’ for shapes that are inline (not floating) in Word.

  • <num> shall be between 1 and 268435456.

  • It does not contain NCR (Numeric Character Reference) characters.

Office 2007 does not guarantee that the same shape ID that is loaded is preserved on file save.

This simple type's contents are a restriction of the XML Schema string datatype.

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this simple type:

 <simpleType name="ST_SpId">
   <restriction base="xsd:string"/>
 </simpleType>