A data structure that fits in one 512-byte page that encodes either the character properties or the paragraph properties of a certain portion of a Microsoft Word file. An FKP consists of four components:
1) a count of the number of runs or paragraphs described by the page.
2) an array of FCs recorded in ascending order demarcating the boundaries between runs or paragraphs that are recorded adjacent to one another in the Word file.
3) In character FKPs an array of offsets within the FKP in one to one correspondence with the array of FCs that locate the properties of the run that begins at a particular FC.
In LVC FKPs an array of offsets within the FKP in one to one correspondence with the array of FCs that locate the LVCXs that describe the run that begins at a particular FC.
In paragraph FKPs an array of BX structures follows the array of FCs in one to one correspondence with the array of FCs. Each BX begins with an offset that locates the properties of the paragraph that begins at a particular FC. The remainder of the BX contains a PHE structure that encodes information about the height of the paragraph that begins at that FC.
4) a group of CHPXs if the FKP stores character properties, a group of PAPXs if the FKP stores paragraph and table properties, or a group of LVCXs if the FKP stores paragraph level and numbering cache information
To find the CHPX/PAPX corresponding to a particular character in a document, calculate the FC coordinate for that character. Then search through the bin table (see next entry) for the type of property you want to produce, to find the FKP in the document stream whose array of FCs encompasses the FC of the document character.
Then search within the FKP to find the index of the largest FC entry that is less than or equal to the FC of the document character. Use this index to look up an offset in the array of offsets (for character FKPs) or look up an offset in the array of Bxs (for paragraph FKPs) within the FKP. Add this offset to the beginning address of the FKP in memory. This will be the first byte of the desired CHPX/PAPX.