Settings

A setting specifies a stored preference that shall be used when processing the contents of the document. In other words, settings refer to specified behaviors that shall be applied to WordprocessingML documents on a document by document basis. Just like paragraphs and text runs have properties specified that apply to their contents, entire WordprocessingML documents leverage settings to specify properties and behaviors that apply to the entire document.

These settings are typically divided into three categories:

• Document Settings — Settings that influence the appearance and behavior of the current document, as well as storing document-level state.

• Compatibility Settings — Settings that tell applications to perform behaviors which are designed to maintain visual output of previous word-processing applications.

• Web Settings — Settings that affect how a document shall be handled when it is saved as HTML.