OOXML Issues
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Section break properties allowed in style?
Since sections breaks are paragraph properties the question is whether a sections break can really be applied using a style? In other words are the following style definitions valid?
<w:style w:type="paragraph" w:customStyle="1" w:styleId="MyStyle">
<w:name w:val="MyStyle" />
<w:basedOn w:val="Normal" />
<w:pPr>
<w:sectPr>
<w:pgSz w:w="12240" w:h="15840" />
<w:pgMar w:top="1417" w:right="1417" w:bottom="1134" w:left="1417" w:header="708" w:footer="708" w:gutter="0" />
<w:cols w:space="708" />
<w:docGrid w:linePitch="360" />
</w:sectPr>
</w:pPr>
</w:style>
The answer discussed in the TC was "no" --- section break properties should not appear in styles. So the schema needs to be fixed here.
Merge consecutive tables?
Consecutive tables (tables which follow each other) are automatically merged (if they have the same style). The questions is whether this is a Word bug or actually intended (for backward compatibility this is the right behavior).
Unicode BIDI algorithm.
Clarify how w:rtl, w:ltr is related to the Unicode BIDI algorithm ([[1]]).
Unicode Breaking Rules
Specify the line breaking rules used similar to [[2]], i.e. specify what wordWrap=”True” ( cf. 2.3.1.45 wordWrap (Allow Line Breaking At Character Level)) means. Fragments have already been described in “2.3.1.16 kinsoku (Use East Asian Typography Rules for First and Last Character per Line)”. E.g.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA %BBBBBBBBBBB
will be displayed by WW as
123456789.123456789. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA %BBB BBBBBBBB
whereas according to [[3]] the text should be displayed as
123456789.123456789. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA % BBBBBBBBBBB
Clarify character classes Complex (resp. Non-Complex), East Asian.
Clarify the Unicode ranges of the terms “Complex Script”, “Non-Complex Script” and “East Asian” script used in the OOXML spec.
Clarify to which character classes w:b and w:bCS (and w:i resp. w:iCS, etc. ) is applied.
Especially it is not defined whether w:b or w:bCS will be applied to “shared characters”.
