<kinsoku> (Use East Asian Typography Rules for First and Last Character per Line)

This element specifies whether East Asian typography and line-breaking rules shall be applied to text in this paragraph to determine which characters may begin and end each line. This property only applies to Chinese PRC, Chinese Taiwan, and Japanese text in this paragraph.

If this element is omitted on a given paragraph, its value is determined by the setting previously set at any level of the style hierarchy (i.e. that previous setting remains unchanged). If this setting is never specified in the style hierarchy, then this property shall be applied to Chinese PRC, Chinese Taiwan, and Japanese text in this paragraph.

If these rules are set on the current paragraph, then the following rules are applied to the all first and last characters in the paragraph except the first and last character in the paragraph. By default, the following settings are used for <kinsoku> paragraphs:

Chinese (Simplified)

  • Cannot start a line:!%),.:;>?]}¢¨°·ˇˉ―‖’”…‰′″›℃∶、。〃〉》」』】〕〗〞︶︺︾﹀﹄﹚﹜﹞！＂％＇），．：；？］｀｜｝～￠

  • Cannot end a line:$([{£¥·‘“〈《「『【〔〖〝﹙﹛﹝＄（．［｛￡￥

Chinese (Traditional)

  • Cannot start a line:!),.:;?]}¢·–—’”•‥…‧′╴、。〉》」』】〕〞︰︱︳︴︶︸︺︼︾﹀﹂﹄﹏﹐﹑﹒﹔﹕﹖﹗﹚﹜﹞！），．：；？］｜｝､

  • Cannot end a line:([{£¥‘“‵〈《「『【〔〝︵︷︹︻︽︿﹁﹃﹙﹛﹝（｛

Japanese

  • Cannot start a line:!%),.:;?]}¢°’”‰′″℃、。々〉》」』】〕゛゜ゝゞ・ヽヾ！％），．：；？］｝｡｣､･ﾞﾟ￠

  • Cannot end a line:$([\{£¥‘“〈《「『【〔＄（［｛｢￡￥

Korean

  • Cannot start a line:!%),.:;?]}¢°’”′″℃〉》」』】〕！％），．：；？］｝￠

  • Cannot end a line:$([\{£¥‘“〈《「『【〔＄（［｛￡￥￦

If the <strictFirstAndLastChars> property (§2.15.1.83) is set in the Document Settings part, then the following settings supersede the defaults for Japanese:

  • Cannot start a line:!%),.:;?]}¢°’”‰′″℃、。々〉》」』】〕ぁぃぅぇぉっゃゅょゎ゛゜ゝゞァィゥェォッャュョヮヵヶ・ーヽヾ！％），．：；？］｝｡｣､･ｧｨｩｪｫｬｭｮｯｰﾞﾟ￠

  • Cannot end a line:$([\{£¥‘“〈《「『【〔＄（［｛｢￡￥

If the <noLineBreaksBefore> property (§2.15.1.59) is set in the Document Settings part, then the characters it specifies cannot begin a line for the specified language. If the <noLineBreaksAfter> property (§2.15.1.58) is set in the Document Settings part, then the characters it specifies cannot end a line for the specified language. In both cases, those settings shall supersede the defaults specified above.

example: 
<w:pPr>
  <w:kinsoku w:val="off" />
</w:pPr>

This paragraph would now be exempt from any <kinsoku> line breaking rules, and the characters specified above are allowed to begin and end lines as they normally would. ]

Parent Elements

<pPr> (§2.7.4.2); <pPr> (§2.9.24); <pPr> (§2.3.1.25); <pPr> (§2.7.5.1); <pPr> (§2.3.1.26); <pPr> (§2.7.7.2)

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>