DocumentID: ECMA-376/Part3/2.2
Title: ECMA-376, Part3: 2.2 Basic Document Structure
Extracted-From: ECMA-376 Office Open XML File Formats, 1st Edition / December 2006
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2.2 Basic Document Structure

The main document story of the simplest WordprocessingML document consists of the following XML elements:

• document -- The root element for a WordprocessingML's main document part, which defines the main document story.
• body -- The container for the collection of block-level structures that comprise the main story.
• p -- A paragraph.
• r -- A run.
• t -- A range of text.

A run is a region of text in a story with a common set of properties. The text in a WordprocessingML document must be contained within one or more runs. A paragraph is a collection of one or more runs that is displayed as a unit. A run must be contained within a paragraph.

Consider the following Main Document XML for a simple WordprocessingML document:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<w:document xmlns:w="...">
  <w:body>
    <w:p>
      <w:r>
        <w:t>Hello, world.</w:t>
      </w:r>
    </w:p>
  </w:body>
</w:document>