w:del (Deleted Content)

Marks content as deleted during tracked-changes revision, carrying author and date information.

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Description

w:del is a tracked-deletion wrapper that marks content as having been deleted during a revision. It is defined in ECMA-376 Part 1 §17.13.2.12.

Deleted text is stored in w:r elements containing w:delText (instead of w:t) and wrapped by w:del. Applications render deleted text with strikethrough and a distinctive colour. On accepting, the content is permanently removed. On rejecting, the w:del wrapper is removed and the content is restored as normal runs.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Possible Values	Description
`w:id`	`ST_DecimalNumber`	Unique positive integer within the document.	Revision identifier.
`w:author`	`ST_String`	Any non-empty string.	The author of the deletion.
`w:date`	`xsd:dateTime`	ISO 8601 datetime, e.g. `2024-01-15T14:30:00Z`.	Timestamp of the deletion.

Examples

<w:del w:id="2" w:author="Bob" w:date="2024-01-15T11:00:00Z">
  <w:r>
    <w:delText>deleted text</w:delText>
  </w:r>
</w:del>

new Deleted(
  new Run(new DeletedText("deleted text")))
{
  Id = 2,
  Author = "Bob",
  Date = new DateTime(2024, 1, 15, 11, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc)
};