<rStyle> (Referenced Character Style)

This element specifies the style ID of the character style which shall be used to format the contents of this paragraph.

This formatting is applied at the following location in the style hierarchy:

  • Document defaults

  • Table styles

  • Numbering styles

  • Paragraph styles

  • Character styles (this element)

  • Direct Formatting

This means that all properties specified in the <style> element (§2.7.3.17) with a @styleId which corresponds to the value in this element's @val attribute are applied to the run at the appropriate level in the hierarchy.

If this element is omitted, or it references a style which does not exist, then no character style shall be applied to the current paragraph. As well, this property is ignored if the run properties are part of a character style.

example: 
<w:rPr>
  <w:pStyle w:val=”TestCharacterStyle” />
  <w:b />
  <w:i />
</w:rPr>

This run specifies that it will inherit all of the run properties specified by the paragraph style with a @styleId of TestCharacterStyle, which will then have any bold or italics settings overridden and set to be applied to the run. ]

Parent Elements

<rPr> (§2.7.8.1); <rPr> (§2.3.1.29); <rPr> (§2.5.2.26); <rPr> (§2.3.2.25); <rPr> (§2.3.2.26); <rPr> (§2.7.4.4); <rPr> (§2.3.1.30); <rPr> (§2.9.26); <rPr> (§2.5.2.27); <rPr> (§2.7.5.2)

Attributes

Description

<val> (String Value)

Specifies that its contents will contain a string.

The contents of this string are interpreted based on the context of the parent XML element.

<w:pPr>
  <w:pStyle w:val="heading1" /> 
</w:pPr>

The value of the @val attribute is the ID of the associated paragraph style's styleId.

However, consider the following fragment:

<w:sdtPr>
  <w:alias w:val="SDT Title Example" />
  ...
</w:sdtPr>

In this case, the decimal number in the @val attribute is the caption of the parent structured document tag. In each case, the value is interpreted in the context of the parent element. ]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_String simple type (§2.18.89).

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

<complexType name="CT_String">
	<attribute name="val" type="ST_String" use="required"/>
</complexType>