<delInstrText> (Deleted Field Code)

This element specifies that this run contains deleted field codes (§2.16.5) within a complex field in the document. The <delInstrText> element shall be used for all runs containing field codes which are part of a region of text that is contained in a deleted region using the <del> element (§2.13.5.12).

If this element is not contained within a <del> element, then the document is invalid. If this element is contained within a run which is not part of a complex field's field codes, then it should be handled as regular deleted text.

example: 
<w:fldchar w:type="begin" />
<w:ins>
  <w:r>
    <w:instrText>FORMCHECKBOX</w:instrText>
  </w:r>
  <w:del>
    <w:r>
      <w:delInstrText>FORMFIELDTEXT</w:delInstrText>
    </w:r>
  </w:del>
<w:fldChar w:type="seperate" />
…
<w:fldChar w:type="end" />

The deleted field code is contained in a <delInstrText> node, while the inserted (and current) field code is contained in an <instrText> node. ]

Parent Elements

<r> (§7.1.2.87); <r> (§2.3.2.23)

Attributes

Description

<space> (Content Contains Significant Whitespace)

Namespace: http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace

Specifies how white space should be handled for the contents of this element using the W3C space preservation rules.

<w:r>
  <w:t>significant whitespace   </w:t>
</w:r>

Although there are three spaces on each side of the text content in the run, that whitespace has not been specifically marked as significant, therefore it is removed when this run is added to the document. ]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the type in the namespace.

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

<complexType name="CT_Text">
	<simpleContent>
	<extension base="ST_String">
	<attribute ref="xml:space" use="optional"/>
	</extension>
	</simpleContent>
</complexType>