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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Here is my proposed response for this defect report:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h1 style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-list:none'><a name="_Toc231548097"><b><span style='color:#365F91'>DR 09-0074</span> — WML, Simple Types: <span class=Type>ST_TextDirection</span> direction of rotation</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></h1><p class=MsoNormal><b>Part 1, §17.18.93 will be updated as follows:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=ElementTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;border:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>lrV</span> (Lines Flow From Left to Right Rotated)<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;border:solid black 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Specifies that text in the parent object shall be oriented vertically, flowing from left to right horizontally on the page.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This means that vertical lines are filled before the text expands horizontally.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This flow is also rotated <u><span style='color:blue'>clockwise </span></u>such that text which is not in an East Asian script is rotated 90 degrees when displayed on a page.<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>