<gridSpan>
(Grid Columns Spanned by Current Table Cell)
This element specifies the number of grid columns in the parent table's table grid which shall be spanned by the current cell. This property allows cells to have the appearance of being merged, as they span vertical boundaries of other cells in the table.
If this element is omitted, then the number of grid units spanned by this cell shall be assumed to be one. If the number of grid units specified by the @val
attribute exceeds the size of the table grid, then the table grid shall be augmented as needed to create the number of grid columns required.
This table is represented by laying out the cells on a table grid consisting of three table grid columns, each grid column representing a logical vertical column in the table:
The first table cell in the first row spans two grid column units. The second cell in the second row also consumes two grid column units (see the grid lines represented using dotted lines in the example above). This table is represented using the following WordprocessingML:
<w:tbl> … <w:tr> <w:tc> <w:tcPr> … <w:gridSpan w:val="2" /> </w:tcPr> … </w:tc> … </w:tr> <w:tr> <w:tc> … </w:tc> <w:tc> <w:tcPr> … <w:gridSpan w:val="2" /> </w:tcPr> … </w:tc> </w:tr> </w:tbl>
The <gridSpan>
element indicates the number of columns spanned by each cell with respect to the table grid (in the case of R1C1 and TR2C2, two. ]
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Specifies that the contents of this attribute will contain a decimal number. The contents of this decimal number are interpreted based on the context of the parent XML element. <w:… w:val="1512645511" /> The value of the The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_DecimalNumber simple type (§2.18.16). |
The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:
<complexType name="CT_DecimalNumber">
<attribute name="val" type="ST_DecimalNumber" use="required"/>
</complexType>