p Element

Author-it XML Format

Description

The p element represents a paragraph in the topic text. This element may contain text, and a number of child elements.

Attributes

Attribute Name

Optional

Data Type

Meaning

id

No

Integer > 0

Style ID

pid

Yes

Integer > 0

Xtend TextFragmentID

nid

Yes

Integer > 0

Xtend TextBlockID

Parent Element

Text

Children

Element

Optional

Occurs

br

Yes

Zero to many times

cs

Yes

Zero to many times

fref

Yes

Zero to many times

href

Yes

Zero to many times

mref

Yes

Zero to many times

nbd

Yes

Zero to many times

nbs

Yes

Zero to many times

tref

Yes

Zero to many times

Values

Data Type

Range

String

0 to 4000 characters long.

Sample XML

<Text>
<p id="1065">Description</p>
- <p id="3">
<href id="263">PrintSubTitle</href>
hyperlink
</p>
- <p id="3">
Text with
<br />
soft
<br />
line breaks.
</p>
- <p id="1065">
Attributes
</p>
- <table rows="2" cols="2" width="4230">
- <tr rowheight="0">
- <td width="2520" bordercolors="65793">
<p id="21">Attribute Name</p>
</td>
- <td width="1710" bordercolors="65793">
<p id="21">Optional</p>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr rowheight="0">
- <td width="2520" bordercolors="65793">
<p id="15">inherited</p>
</td>
- <td width="1710" bordercolors="65793">
<p id="15">Yes</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
- <p id="3">
Non
<nbs />
breaking
<nbs />
space.
</p>
- <p id="3">
Non
<nbd />
breaking
<nbd />
dash.
</p>
<p id="12">List item one</p>
<p id="12">List item two</p>
- <p id="3">
File object:
<fref id="2718" />
</p>
- <p id="3">
Macro object:
<mref id="510">Close Main Window</mref>
</p>
- <p id="3">
Embedded topic:
<tref id="7541" />
</p>
</Text>