`<settings>` (Document Settings)

This element specifies the settings that are applied to a WordprocessingML document. This element is the root element of the Document Settings part in a WordprocessingML document.

example:

<w:settings>
  <w:defaultTabStop w:val="720" />
  <w:characterSpacingControl w:val="dontCompress" />
</w:settings>

The <settings> element contains all of the settings for this document. In this case, the two settings applied are automatic tab stop increments of 0.5" using the <defaultTabStop> element, and no character level whitespace compression using the <characterSpacingControl> element. ]

Parent Elements
Root element of WordprocessingML Document Settings part

Child Elements	Subclause
`<activeWritingStyle>` (Grammar Checking Settings)	§2.15.1.1
`<alignBordersAndEdges>` (Align Paragraph and Table Borders with Page Border)	§2.15.1.2
`<alwaysMergeEmptyNamespace>` (Do Not Mark Custom XML Elements With No Namespace As Invalid)	§2.15.1.3
`<alwaysShowPlaceholderText>` (Use Custom XML Element Names as Default Placeholder Text)	§2.15.1.4
`<attachedSchema>` (Attached Custom XML Schema)	§2.15.1.5
`<attachedTemplate>` (Attached Document Template)	§2.15.1.6
`<autoFormatOverride>` (Allow Automatic Formatting to Override Formatting Protection Settings)	§2.15.1.9
`<autoHyphenation>` (Automatically Hyphenate Document Contents When Displayed)	§2.15.1.10
`<bookFoldPrinting>` (Book Fold Printing)	§2.15.1.11
`<bookFoldPrintingSheets>` (Number of Pages Per Booklet)	§2.15.1.12
`<bookFoldRevPrinting>` (Reverse Book Fold Printing)	§2.15.1.13
`<bordersDoNotSurroundFooter>` (Page Border Excludes Footer)	§2.15.1.14
`<bordersDoNotSurroundHeader>` (Page Border Excludes Header)	§2.15.1.15
`<captions>` (Caption Settings)	§2.15.1.17
`<characterSpacingControl>` (Character-Level Whitespace Compression)	§2.15.1.18
`<clickAndTypeStyle>` (Paragraph Style Applied to Automatically Generated Paragraphs)	§2.15.1.19
`<clrSchemeMapping>` (Theme Color Mappings)	§2.15.1.20
`<compat>` (Compatibility Settings)	§2.15.3.9
`<consecutiveHyphenLimit>` (Maximum Number of Consecutively Hyphenated Lines)	§2.15.1.21
`<decimalSymbol>` (Radix Point for Field Code Evaluation)	§2.15.1.22
`<defaultTableStyle>` (Default Table Style for Newly Inserted Tables)	§2.15.1.23
`<defaultTabStop>` (Distance Between Automatic Tab Stops)	§2.15.1.24
`<displayBackgroundShape>` (Display Background Objects When Displaying Document)	§2.15.1.25
`<displayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>` (Distance between Horizontal Gridlines)	§2.15.1.26
`<displayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>` (Distance between Vertical Gridlines)	§2.15.1.27
`<documentProtection>` (Document Editing Restrictions)	§2.15.1.28
`<documentType>` (Document Classification)	§2.15.1.29
`<docVars>` (Document Variables)	§2.15.1.31
`<doNotAutoCompressPictures>` (Do Not Automatically Compress Images)	§2.15.1.32
`<doNotDemarcateInvalidXml>` (Do Not Show Visual Indicator For Invalid Custom XML Markup)	§2.15.1.33
`<doNotDisplayPageBoundaries>` (Do Not Display Visual Boundary For Header/Footer or Between Pages)	§2.15.1.34
`<doNotEmbedSmartTags>` (Remove Smart Tags When Saving)	§2.15.1.35
`<doNotHyphenateCaps>` (Do Not Hyphenate Words in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS)	§2.15.1.36
`<doNotIncludeSubdocsInStats>` (Do Not Include Content in Text Boxes, Footnotes, and Endnotes in Document Statistics)	§2.15.1.37
`<doNotShadeFormData>` (Do Not Show Visual Indicator For Form Fields)	§2.15.1.38
`<doNotTrackFormatting>` (Do Not Track Formatting Revisions When Tracking Revisions)	§2.15.1.39
`<doNotTrackMoves>` (Do Not Use Move Syntax When Tracking Revisions)	§2.15.1.40
`<doNotUseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin>` (Do Not Use Margins for Drawing Grid Origin)	§2.15.1.41
`<doNotValidateAgainstSchema>` (Do Not Validate Custom XML Markup Against Schemas)	§2.15.1.42
`<drawingGridHorizontalOrigin>` (Drawing Grid Horizontal Origin Point)	§2.15.1.43
`<drawingGridHorizontalSpacing>` (Drawing Grid Horizontal Grid Unit Size)	§2.15.1.44
`<drawingGridVerticalOrigin>` (Drawing Grid Vertical Origin Point)	§2.15.1.45
`<drawingGridVerticalSpacing>` (Drawing Grid Vertical Grid Unit Size)	§2.15.1.46
`<embedSystemFonts>` (Embed Common System Fonts)	§2.8.2.7
`<embedTrueTypeFonts>` (Embed TrueType Fonts)	§2.8.2.8
`<endnotePr>` (Document-Wide Endnote Properties)	§2.11.4
`<evenAndOddHeaders>` (Different Even/Odd Page Headers and Footers)	§2.10.1
`<footnotePr>` (Document-Wide Footnote Properties)	§2.11.11
`<forceUpgrade>` (Upgrade Document on Open)	§2.15.1.47
`<formsDesign>` (Structured Document Tag Placeholder Text Should be Resaved)	§2.15.1.48
`<gutterAtTop>` (Position Gutter At Top of Page)	§2.15.1.49
`<hdrShapeDefaults>` (Default Properties for VML Objects in Header and Footer)	§2.15.1.50
`<hideGrammaticalErrors>` (Do Not Display Visual Indication of Grammatical Errors)	§2.15.1.51
`<hideSpellingErrors>` (Do Not Display Visual Indication of Spelling Errors)	§2.15.1.52
`<hyphenationZone>` (Hyphenation Zone)	§2.15.1.53
`<ignoreMixedContent>` (Ignore Mixed Content When Validating Custom XML Markup)	§2.15.1.54
`<linkStyles>` (Automatically Update Styles From Document Template)	§2.15.1.55
`<listSeparator>` (List Separator for Field Code Evaluation)	§2.15.1.56
`<mailMerge>` (Mail Merge Settings)	§2.14.20
`<mathPr>` (Math Properties)	§7.1.2.62
`<mirrorMargins>` (Mirror Page Margins)	§2.15.1.57
`<noLineBreaksAfter>` (Custom Set of Characters Which Cannot End a Line)	§2.15.1.58
`<noLineBreaksBefore>` (Custom Set Of Characters Which Cannot Begin A Line)	§2.15.1.59
`<noPunctuationKerning>` (Never Kern Punctuation Characters)	§2.15.1.60
`<printFormsData>` (Only Print Form Field Content)	§2.15.1.61
`<printFractionalCharacterWidth>` (Print Fractional Character Widths)	§2.15.1.62
`<printPostScriptOverText>` (Print PostScript Codes With Document Text)	§2.15.1.63
`<printTwoOnOne>` (Print Two Pages Per Sheet)	§2.15.1.64
`<proofState>` (Spelling and Grammatical Checking State)	§2.15.1.65
`<readModeInkLockDown>` (Freeze Document Layout)	§2.15.1.66
`<removeDateAndTime>` (Remove Date and Time from Annotations)	§2.15.1.67
`<removePersonalInformation>` (Remove Personal Information from Document Properties)	§2.15.1.68
`<revisionView>` (Visibility of Annotation Types)	§2.15.1.69
`<rsids>` (Listing of All Revision Save ID Values)	§2.15.1.72
`<saveFormsData>` (Only Save Form Field Content)	§2.15.1.73
`<saveInvalidXml>` (Allow Saving Document As XML File When Custom XML Markup Is Invalid)	§2.15.1.74
`<savePreviewPicture>` (Generate Thumbnail For Document On Save)	§2.15.1.75
`<saveSubsetFonts>` (Subset Fonts When Embedding)	§2.8.2.15
`<saveThroughXslt>` (Custom XSL Transform To Use When Saving As XML File)	§2.15.1.76
`<saveXmlDataOnly>` (Only Save Custom XML Markup)	§2.15.1.77
`<schemaLibrary>` (Embedded Custom XML Schema Supplementary Data)	§8.2.2
`<shapeDefaults>` (Default Properties for VML Objects in Main Document)	§2.15.1.79
`<showEnvelope>` (Show E-Mail Message Header)	§2.15.1.80
`<showXMLTags>` (Show Visual Indicators for Custom XML Markup Start/End Locations)	§2.15.1.81
`<smartTagType>` (Supplementary Smart Tag Information)	§2.15.1.82
`<strictFirstAndLastChars>` (Use Strict Kinsoku Rules for Japanese Text)	§2.15.1.83
`<styleLockQFSet>` (Prevent Replacement of Styles Part)	§2.15.1.84
`<styleLockTheme>` (Prevent Modification of Themes Part)	§2.15.1.85
`<stylePaneFormatFilter>` (Suggested Filtering for List of Document Styles)	§2.15.1.86
`<stylePaneSortMethod>` (Suggested Sorting for List of Document Styles)	§2.15.1.87
`<summaryLength>` (Percentage of Document to Use When Generating Summary)	§2.15.1.88
`<themeFontLang>` (Theme Font Languages)	§2.15.1.89
`<trackRevisions>` (Track Revisions to Document)	§2.15.1.90
`<uiCompat97To2003>` (Disable Features Incompatible With Earlier Word Processing Formats)	§2.15.3.54
`<updateFields>` (Automatically Recalculate Fields on Open)	§2.15.1.91
`<useXSLTWhenSaving>` (Save Document as XML File through Custom XSL Transform)	§2.15.1.92
`<view>` (Document View Setting)	§2.15.1.93
`<writeProtection>` (Write Protection)	§2.15.1.94
`<zoom>` (Magnification Setting)	§2.15.1.95

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

<complexType name="CT_Settings">
	<sequence>
	<element name="writeProtection" type="CT_WriteProtection" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="view" type="CT_View" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="zoom" type="CT_Zoom" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="removePersonalInformation" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="removeDateAndTime" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="doNotDisplayPageBoundaries" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="displayBackgroundShape" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="printPostScriptOverText" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="printFractionalCharacterWidth" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="printFormsData" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="embedTrueTypeFonts" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="embedSystemFonts" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="saveSubsetFonts" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="saveFormsData" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="mirrorMargins" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="alignBordersAndEdges" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="bordersDoNotSurroundHeader" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="bordersDoNotSurroundFooter" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="gutterAtTop" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="hideSpellingErrors" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="hideGrammaticalErrors" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="activeWritingStyle" type="CT_WritingStyle" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
	<element name="proofState" type="CT_Proof" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="formsDesign" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="attachedTemplate" type="CT_Rel" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="linkStyles" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="stylePaneFormatFilter" type="CT_ShortHexNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="stylePaneSortMethod" type="CT_ShortHexNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="documentType" type="CT_DocType" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="mailMerge" type="CT_MailMerge" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="revisionView" type="CT_TrackChangesView" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="trackRevisions" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="doNotTrackMoves" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="doNotTrackFormatting" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="documentProtection" type="CT_DocProtect" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="autoFormatOverride" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="styleLockTheme" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="styleLockQFSet" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="defaultTabStop" type="CT_TwipsMeasure" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="autoHyphenation" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="consecutiveHyphenLimit" type="CT_DecimalNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="hyphenationZone" type="CT_TwipsMeasure" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="doNotHyphenateCaps" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="showEnvelope" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="summaryLength" type="CT_DecimalNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="clickAndTypeStyle" type="CT_String" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="defaultTableStyle" type="CT_String" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="evenAndOddHeaders" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="bookFoldRevPrinting" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="bookFoldPrinting" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="bookFoldPrintingSheets" type="CT_DecimalNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="drawingGridHorizontalSpacing" type="CT_TwipsMeasure" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="drawingGridVerticalSpacing" type="CT_TwipsMeasure" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="displayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery" type="CT_DecimalNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="displayVerticalDrawingGridEvery" type="CT_DecimalNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="doNotUseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="drawingGridHorizontalOrigin" type="CT_TwipsMeasure" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="drawingGridVerticalOrigin" type="CT_TwipsMeasure" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="doNotShadeFormData" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="noPunctuationKerning" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="characterSpacingControl" type="CT_CharacterSpacing" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="printTwoOnOne" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="strictFirstAndLastChars" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="noLineBreaksAfter" type="CT_Kinsoku" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="noLineBreaksBefore" type="CT_Kinsoku" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="savePreviewPicture" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="doNotValidateAgainstSchema" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="saveInvalidXml" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="ignoreMixedContent" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="alwaysShowPlaceholderText" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="doNotDemarcateInvalidXml" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="saveXmlDataOnly" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="useXSLTWhenSaving" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="saveThroughXslt" type="CT_SaveThroughXslt" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="showXMLTags" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="alwaysMergeEmptyNamespace" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="updateFields" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="hdrShapeDefaults" type="CT_ShapeDefaults" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="footnotePr" type="CT_FtnDocProps" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="endnotePr" type="CT_EdnDocProps" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="compat" type="CT_Compat" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="docVars" type="CT_DocVars" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="rsids" type="CT_DocRsids" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element ref="m:mathPr" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
	<element name="uiCompat97To2003" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="attachedSchema" type="CT_String" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
	<element name="themeFontLang" type="CT_Language" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
	<element name="clrSchemeMapping" type="CT_ColorSchemeMapping" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="doNotIncludeSubdocsInStats" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="doNotAutoCompressPictures" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="forceUpgrade" type="CT_Empty" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
	<element name="captions" type="CT_Captions" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
	<element name="readModeInkLockDown" type="CT_ReadingModeInkLockDown" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="smartTagType" type="CT_SmartTagType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
	<element ref="sl:schemaLibrary" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
	<element name="shapeDefaults" type="CT_ShapeDefaults" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="doNotEmbedSmartTags" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
	<element name="decimalSymbol" type="CT_String" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
	<element name="listSeparator" type="CT_String" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
	</sequence>
</complexType>

<settings> (Document Settings)

`<settings>` (Document Settings)