w:body (Document Body)

Container for the block-level content that forms the main story of the document.

Parent elements

Child elements

Description

w:body is the content container within w:document, holding all the visible content of the document. It is defined in ECMA-376 Part 1 §17.2.2.

w:body contains an ordered sequence of block-level elements: w:p (paragraphs), w:tbl (tables), w:sdt (structured document tags), w:bookmarkStart, w:bookmarkEnd, and revision elements. Its final child must be a w:sectPr that defines the last (or only) section’s layout properties.

Attributes

Attribute Type Possible Values Description
(none) All content is expressed via child elements.

Examples

<w:body>
  <w:p>
    <w:r><w:t>First paragraph</w:t></w:r>
  </w:p>
  <w:tbl><!-- table content --></w:tbl>
  <w:sectPr>
    <w:pgSz w:w="12240" w:h="15840"/>
  </w:sectPr>
</w:body>