<numStart> (Footnote and Endnote Numbering Starting Value)

This element specifies the starting number or character for the first automatically numbered footnotes or endnote in the document, as well as the first automatically numbered footnotes after each restart point specified by the <numRestart> element (§2.11.19). This value shall be specified in decimal number units, then translated accordingly to the appropriate numbering format.

If this element is omitted, then the starting value shall be 1.

example:

The number format is specified by the following WordprocessingML:

<w:footnotePr>
  <w:numFmt w:val="upperLetter" />
  <w:numStart w:val="4" />
</w:footnotePr>

Since D is the fourth letter in the alphabet, the starting character is set to 4. ]

Parent Elements

<endnotePr> (§2.11.4); <endnotePr> (§2.11.5); <footnotePr> (§2.11.11); <footnotePr> (§2.11.12)

Attributes

Description

<val> (Decimal Number Value)

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 @val attribute is a decimal number whose value must be interpreted in the context of the parent element. ]

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>