Wordprocessing Text

Line Break

A line break is specified with the <w:br> element. It specifies a break which overrides the normal line breaking. (Normal line breaking occurs after a breaking space or optional hyphen character.)

<w:r>

<w:t>This is</w:t>

<w:br/>

<w:t xml:space="preserve"> a simple sentence.</w:t>

</w:r>

Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.3.3.1.

Attributes:

Attribute	Description
type	Specifies the type of break, which determines the location for the following text. Possible values are: column - Text restarts on the next column. If there are no columns or the current position is the last column, then the restart location is the next page. page - Text restarts on the next page. textWrapping - Text restarts on the next line. This is the default value.
clear	Specifies the location where text restarts when the value of the type attribute is textWrapping. Note: This property only affects the restart location when the current run is being displayed on a line which does not span the full text extents due to a floating object. Possible values are: all - Text restarts on the next full line. This is often used for captions for objects. left - Text restarts text in the next text region left to right. none - Text restarts on the next line regardless of any floating objects. This is the typical break. right - Text restarts text in the next text region right to left.

Attribute

Description

type

Specifies the type of break, which determines the location for the following text. Possible values are:

column - Text restarts on the next column. If there are no columns or the current position is the last column, then the restart location is the next page.
page - Text restarts on the next page.
textWrapping - Text restarts on the next line. This is the default value.

clear

Specifies the location where text restarts when the value of the type attribute is textWrapping.

Note: This property only affects the restart location when the current run is being displayed on a line which does not span the full text extents due to a floating object. Possible values are:

all - Text restarts on the next full line. This is often used for captions for objects.
left - Text restarts text in the next text region left to right.
none - Text restarts on the next line regardless of any floating objects. This is the typical break.
right - Text restarts text in the next text region right to left.

Word 2007 Example:

. . . are held captive in </w:t></w:r><w:r><w:br w:type="page"/>
</w:r><w:r><w:t>some inferior being . . .

Related HTML/CSS property:

. . . are held captive in <br /> some inferior being . . .

CSS Example:

. . . are held captive in
some inferior being . . .