<positionH> (Horizontal Positioning)

This element specifies the horizontal positioning of a floating DrawingML object within a WordprocessingML document. This positioning is specified in two parts:

  • Positioning Base - The <relativeFrom> attribute on this element specifies the part of the document from which the positioning shall be calculated.

  • Positioning - The child element of this element (<align >or <posOffset>) specifies how the object is positioned relative to that base.

example: 
<wp:anchor … >
  <wp:positionH relativeFrom="margin">
    <wp:align>center</wp:align>
  </wp:positionH>
  <wp:positionV relativeFrom="margin">
    <wp:align>center</wp:align>
  </wp:positionV>
</wp:anchor>

The <positionH> element specifies that the object is horizontally positioned relative to the margin via the @relativeFrom attribute; and that the alignment relative to the margin is centered via the <align> element. ]

Parent Elements

<anchor> (§5.5.2.3)

Child Elements

Subclause

<align> (Relative Horizontal Alignment)

§5.5.2.1

<posOffset> (Absolute Position Offset)

§5.5.2.12

Attributes

Description

<relativeFrom> (Horizontal Position Relative Base)

Specifies the base to which the relative horizontal positioning of this object shall be calculated.

<wp:anchor … >
  <wp:positionH relativeFrom="page">
    <wp:align>center</wp:align>
  </wp:positionH>
  …
</wp:anchor>

The @relativeFrom attribute specifies that the object is horizontally positioned relative to the page. ]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_RelFromH simple type (§5.5.3.4).

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

<complexType name="CT_PosH">
	<sequence>
	<choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
	<element name="align" type="ST_AlignH" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
	<element name="posOffset" type="ST_PositionOffset" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
	</choice>
	</sequence>
	<attribute name="relativeFrom" type="ST_RelFromH" use="required"/>
</complexType>