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Wordprocessing Document

The <w:document> element is the root element of the main content part.

<w:document>

<w:body>

<w:p/>

</w:body>

</w:document>

Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference §§ 17.2.3.

Elements:​

The <w:document> element can contain the elements below.

ElementDescription
backgroundSpecifies the background for every page of the document. The background can be either an DrawingML object or a sold color. If it is a DrawingML object, then the background element contains a drawing element. If a solid color is used, then background is an empty element, with the color specified in the following attributes.
bodySpecifies the contents of the body of the document. It has no attributes. It can contain a number of elements, most related to tracking changes and adding customer XML. The core elements are listed below. Elements:

Attributes:​

<w:document> has a single attribute:

AttributeDescription
conformanceSpecifies the conformance class to which the document conforms. Possible values are: * strict - the document conforms to Office Open XML Strict * transitional - the document conforms to Office Open XML Transitional. This is the default value.
<html>

<head>

...

</head>

<body>

...

</body>

</html>