<doNotSnapToGridInCell> (Do Not Snap to Document Grid in Table Cells with Objects)

This element specifies whether a document grid defined using the <docGrid> element (§2.6.5) shall be applied to the contents of table cells in that section which also contain floating objects defined using the Vector Markup Language syntax. Note that the floating object must be part of the cell, and simply not displayed over the cell due to its anchoring relative to another part of the document.

Typically, if a floating object is present in a table cell, then that setting shall have no impact on whether East Asian text in that cell is snapped to the document grid (as text is always snapped to the grid). This element, when present with a @val attribute value of true (or equivalent), specifies that whenever a floating object defined using VML is present in a table cell, that the cell's contents shall not be snapped to the document grid.

example: 
<w:sectPr>
  <w:docGrid w:type="snapToChars" w:charSpace="146636" />
</w:sectPr>

If this document contains a table with a single cell, containing some text and a single shape defined using the Vector Markup Language syntax, the contents of the cell are still snapped to the 10 characters per line character grid, as follows:

However, if this compatibility setting is turned on:

<w:compat>
  <w:doNotSnapToGridInCell />
</w:compat>

Then the presence of a floating object in each cell shall result in the document grid setting being ignored, resulting in the following output:

The additional character pitch was still added to each character on the line, but those characters are no longer snapped to the document grid. ]

Parent Elements

<compat> (§2.15.3.9)

Attributes

Description

<val> (On/Off Value)

Specifies a binary value for the property defined by the parent XML element.

A value of on, 1, or true specifies that the property shall be explicitly applied. This is the default value for this attribute, and is implied when the parent element is present, but this attribute is omitted.

A value of off, 0, or false specifies that the property shall be explicitly turned off.

<w:… w:val="off"/>

The @val attribute explicitly declares that the property is turned off. ]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_OnOff simple type (§2.18.67).

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

<complexType name="CT_OnOff">
	<attribute name="val" type="ST_OnOff"/>
</complexType>