<textDirection> (Text Flow Direction)

This element specifies the direction of the text flow for this section.

example: 
<w:sectPr>
  …
  <w:textDirection w:val="btLr" />
</w:sectPr>

The <textDirection> element specifies via the btLr value in the @val attribute that the text flow shall go bottom to top, and left to right. ]

Parent Elements

<sectPr> (§2.6.17); <sectPr> (§2.6.18); <sectPr> (§2.6.19)

Attributes

Description

<val> (Direction of Text Flow)

Specifies the direction of the text flow for this object.

<w:sectPr>
  …
  <w:textDirection w:val="btLr" />
</w:sectPr>

The <textDirection> element specifies via the btLr value in the @val attribute that the text flow shall go bottom to top, and left to right. ]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_TextDirection simple type (§2.18.100).

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

<complexType name="CT_TextDirection">
	<attribute name="val" type="ST_TextDirection" use="required"/>
</complexType>