2.3.5 compatibilityMode

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A compatSetting element whose name attribute has the value "compatibilityMode" and whose uri attribute has the value "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word" specifies the feature set in use when the document was last saved.

Attributes and corresponding values for this element are listed in the following table.

Attribute

Value

name

compatibilityMode

uri

http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word

val

An ST_UnsignedDecimalNumber (as specified in [ISO/IEC29500-1:2016] section 22.9.2.16) that specifies the feature set to use when editing the document. Valid values and their meanings are:

11: Use features specified in [MS-DOC].

12: Use word processing features specified in [ECMA-376]. This is the default.

14: Use word processing features specified in [ISO/IEC29500-1:2016] and [ISO/IEC29500-4:2016] as well as those specified in this document with the exception of the features defined by the following elements and/or parts; commentsExtended (section 2.1.2), people (enumeration) (section 2.1.3), collapsed (section 2.5.1.3), docId (section 2.5.1.7), repeatingSection (section 2.5.1.10), repeatingSectionItem (section 2.5.1.11), chartTrackingRefBased (section 2.5.1.2), commentsEx (section 2.5.1.5), people (element) (section 2.5.1.9), color (section 2.5.1.4), dataBinding (section 2.5.1.6), appearance (section 2.5.1.1), webExtensionLinked (section 2.5.1.13), webExtensionCreated (section 2.5.1.12).

15: Use word processing features specified in [ISO/IEC29500-1:2016] and [ISO/IEC29500-4:2016] as well as those specified in this document.

An application MAY<13> ignore a compatSetting with a val attribute whose value is 15.