<doNotTrackFormatting> (Do Not Track Formatting Revisions When Tracking Revisions)

This element specifies that applications shall not track revisions made to the formatting of this WordprocessingML document when the <trackRevisions> element (§2.15.1.90) is turned on.

If this element is omitted, then revisions to formatting shall be generated by changes to the contents of this document when the <trackRevisions> element is turned on.

example: 
<w:document>
  <w:body>
    <w:p>
      <w:r>
        <w:t>Example</w:t>
      </w:r>
    </w:p>
  </w:body>
</w:document>

If the word text was added to the end of this document and bolded, the resulting WordprocessingML would be output as follows:

<w:document>
  <w:body>
    <w:p>
      <w:r>
        <w:t>Example</w:t>
      </w:r>
      <w:ins … >
        <w:r>
          <w:rPr>
            <w:b/>
            <w:rPrChange … >
              <w:rPr/>
            <w:rPrChange>
          </w:rPr>
          <w:t>text</w:t>
        </w:r>
      </w:ins>
    </w:p>
  </w:body>
</w:document>

If changes to formatting were turned off using the following WordprocessingML syntax in the document settings:

<w:settings>
  <w:trackRevisions w:val="true" />
  <w:doNotTrackFormatting w:val="true" />
  …
</w:settings>

The same revision (the word text was added to the end of this document and bolded) would result in the following markup:

<w:document>
  <w:body>
    <w:p>
      <w:r>
        <w:t>Example</w:t>
      </w:r>
      <w:ins … >
        <w:r>
          <w:rPr>
            <w:b/>
          </w:rPr>
          <w:t>text</w:t>
        </w:r>
      </w:ins>
    </w:p>
  </w:body>
</w:document>

The <doNotTrackFormatting> element's @val attribute was set to true, therefore the changes to the formatting of the document were not tracked as revisions in the document's WordprocessingML. Specifically, applying bold formatting to the text was not tracked as a revision with the <rPrChange> (§2.13.5.32) element. ]

Parent Elements

<settings> (§2.15.1.78)

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>