<shapeDefaults> (Default Properties for VML Objects in Main Document)

This element specifies the default parameters for object using the VML syntax (§6.1) inserted in the body (the main document story, comments, footnotes, and endnotes) of the WordprocessingML document. The definition and semantics of these parameters is described in the VML - Office Drawing subclause (§6.2) of this Office Open XML Standard.

If this element is omitted, then no default properties are applied to VML objects in the body of this document.

example: 
<w:shapeDefaults>
  <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
  <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
    <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
  </o:shapelayout>
</w:shapeDefaults>

The <shapeDefaults> element specifies a set of shape defaults which shall be applied to the set of all shapes present in the body document. ]

Parent Elements

<settings> (§2.15.1.78)

Child Elements

Subclause

Any element from the urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office namespace

§6.2

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

<complexType name="CT_ShapeDefaults">
	<choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
	<any processContents="lax" namespace="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
	</choice>
</complexType>