<doNotVertAlignCellWithSp> (Don't Vertically Align Cells Containing Floating Objects)

This element specifies whether applications shall vertically align the contents of a table cell, even when the contents of that table cell include one or more 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 the alignment of a table cell in a WordprocessingML document is specified, then the entire contents of that cell are aligned as specified
example: : The entire contents of the cell are centered vertically and moved right-aligned horizontally at that point.
. 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 no vertical alignment shall be applied to the contents of that cell, and the contents of the cell shall instead always be top aligned to the cell's contents.
example:

The default presentation of this document results in each cell (including the extents of the floating objects) being vertically aligned as specified, as follows:

However, if this compatibility setting is turned on:

<w:compat>
  <w:dontVertAlignCellWithSp />
</w:compat>

Then the presence of a floating object in each cell shall result in the vertical alignment setting being ignored (each vertical alignment shall be top-aligned relative to the cell), resulting in the following output:

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.

example: 
<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>