<autoHyphenation> (Automatically Hyphenate Document Contents When Displayed)

This element specifies whether the content of a given WordprocessingML document should automatically be hyphenated by the hosting application before it is displayed, if the application supports this functionality.

If this element is omitted, then hyphenation shall not automatically be performed by application displaying this document.

example:

If the content in this document shall automatically be hyphenated when it is displayed, that requirement would be specified using the following WordprocessingML in the document settings: 

<w:autoHyphenation w:val="true" />

The resulting output might look like the following (depending on the application's hyphenation algorithm and the hyphenation zone setting (§2.15.1.53):

The <autoHypehenation> element has its @val attribute equal to true, the document is automatically hyphenated and the word sample, beginning at the end of the second line, is hyphenated automatically and thus carried over onto the third line. Conversely, when the <autoHypehnation> element has its @val attribute equal to off, the entire word sample is carried over to the third line as it was not hyphenated automatically and could not fit onto the second line. ]

Parent Elements

<settings> (§2.15.1.78)

Attributes

Description

<val> (On/Off Value)

Specifies a binary value for the property defined by the parent XML element.

A value of on, 1, or true specifies that the property shall be explicitly applied. This is the default value for this attribute, and is implied when the parent element is present, but this attribute is omitted.

A value of off, 0, or false specifies that the property shall be explicitly turned off.

<w:… w:val="off"/>

The @val attribute explicitly declares that the property is turned off. ]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_OnOff simple type (§2.18.67).

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

<complexType name="CT_OnOff">
	<attribute name="val" type="ST_OnOff"/>
</complexType>