<layoutTableRowsApart> (Allow Table Rows to Wrap Inline Objects Independently)

This element specifies whether tables which are wrapping around floating objects defined using the Vector Markup Language (VML) syntax shall wrap around the object as a whole, or if each table row shall individually wrap the object as needed (causing a more stuttered, yet tighter, wrapping of the object).

Typically, when a table wraps around a floating object, the table must wrap the object as a unit (i.e. the whole table square wraps the object). This element, when present with a @val attribute value of true (or equivalent), specifies that wrapping is applied to each row in the table one by one, even if its means that each row has a different resulting position with respect to the table.

example:

The default presentation would have the entire table wrapping around that shape:

However, if this compatibility setting is turned on:

<w:compat>
  <w:layoutTableRowsApart />
</w:compat>

Then each row would wrap around the shape one by one, resulting in the following output:

Parent Elements

<compat> (§2.15.3.9)

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.

example: 
<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>