<delText> (Deleted Text)

This element specifies that this run contains literal text which shall be displayed in the document. The delText element shall be used for all text runs which are part of a region of text that is contained in a deleted region using the <del> element (§2.13.5.12).

example: 
<w:p>
  <w:r>
    <w:t xml:space="preserve">This is </w:t>
  </w:r>
  <w:del>
    <w:r>
      <w:delText>deleted text</w:delText>
    </w:r>
  </w:del>
</w:p>

The deleted text is contained in a <delText> node, while the regular text is contained in a <t> 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>