<pPr> (Paragraph Properties)

This element specifies a set of paragraph properties which shall be applied to the contents of the parent paragraph after all style/numbering/table properties have been applied to the text. These properties are defined as direct formatting, since they are directly applied to the paragraph and supersede any formatting from styles.

example: 
<w:p>
  <w:pPr>
    <w:pBdr>
      <w:bottom w:val="single" w:sz="8" w:space="4" w:color="4F81BD" /> 
    </w:pBdr>
    <w:spacing w:after="300" /> 
    <w:contextualSpacing /> 
  </w:pPr>
</w:p>

The <pPr> element specifies the properties which are applied to the current paragraph - in this case, a bottom paragraph border using the <bottom> element (§2.3.1.7), spacing after the paragraph using the <spacing> element (§2.3.1.33), and that spacing should be ignored for paragraphs above/below of the same style using the <contextualSpacing> element (§2.3.1.9). ]

Parent Elements

<p> (§2.3.1.22)

Child Elements

Subclause

<adjustRightInd> (Automatically Adjust Right Indent When Using Document Grid)

§2.3.1.1

<autoSpaceDE> (Automatically Adjust Spacing of Latin and East Asian Text)

§2.3.1.2

<autoSpaceDN> (Automatically Adjust Spacing of East Asian Text and Numbers)

§2.3.1.3

<bidi> (Right to Left Paragraph Layout)

§2.3.1.6

<cnfStyle> (Paragraph Conditional Formatting)

§2.3.1.8

<contextualSpacing> (Ignore Spacing Above and Below When Using Identical Styles)

§2.3.1.9

<divId> (Associated HTML div ID)

§2.3.1.10

<framePr> (Text Frame Properties)

§2.3.1.11

<ind> (Paragraph Indentation)

§2.3.1.12

<jc> (Paragraph Alignment)

§2.3.1.13

<keepLines> (Keep All Lines On One Page)

§2.3.1.14

<keepNext> (Keep Paragraph With Next Paragraph)

§2.3.1.15

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

§2.3.1.16

<mirrorIndents> (Use Left/Right Indents as Inside/Outside Indents)

§2.3.1.18

<numPr> (Numbering Definition Instance Reference)

§2.3.1.19

<outlineLvl> (Associated Outline Level)

§2.3.1.20

<overflowPunct> (Allow Punctuation to Extent Past Text Extents)

§2.3.1.21

<pageBreakBefore> (Start Paragraph on Next Page)

§2.3.1.23

<pBdr> (Paragraph Borders)

§2.3.1.24

<pPrChange> (Revision Information for Paragraph Properties)

§2.13.5.31

<pStyle> (Referenced Paragraph Style)

§2.3.1.27

<rPr> (Run Properties for the Paragraph Mark)

§2.3.1.29

<sectPr> (Section Properties)

§2.6.19

<shd> (Paragraph Shading)

§2.3.1.31

<snapToGrid> (Use Document Grid Settings for Inter-Line Paragraph Spacing)

§2.3.1.32

<spacing> (Spacing Between Lines and Above/Below Paragraph)

§2.3.1.33

<suppressAutoHyphens> (Suppress Hyphenation for Paragraph)

§2.3.1.34

<suppressLineNumbers> (Suppress Line Numbers for Paragraph)

§2.3.1.35

<suppressOverlap> (Prevent Text Frames From Overlapping)

§2.3.1.36

<tabs> (Set of Custom Tab Stops)

§2.3.1.38

<textAlignment> (Vertical Character Alignment on Line)

§2.3.1.39

<textboxTightWrap> (Allow Surrounding Paragraphs to Tight Wrap to Text Box Contents)

§2.3.1.40

<textDirection> (Paragraph Text Flow Direction)

§2.3.1.41

<topLinePunct> (Compress Punctuation at Start of a Line)

§2.3.1.43

<widowControl> (Allow First/Last Line to Display on a Separate Page)

§2.3.1.44

<wordWrap> (Allow Line Breaking At Character Level)

§2.3.1.45

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

<complexType name="CT_PPr">
	<complexContent>
	<extension base="CT_PPrBase">
	<sequence>
	<element name="rPr" type="CT_ParaRPr" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="sectPr" type="CT_SectPr" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="pPrChange" type="CT_PPrChange" minOccurs="0"/>
	</sequence>
	</extension>
	</complexContent>
</complexType>