/** The handful of `word/settings.xml` flags the renderer consumes. */
export interface DocumentSettings {
    /**
     * ECMA-376 §17.15.1.36 — `w:evenAndOddHeaders`. When `true`, even-numbered
     * pages use the `'even'` header/footer references instead of `'default'`.
     */
    readonly evenAndOddHeaders: boolean;
    /**
     * ECMA-376 §17.15.1.35 — `w:compat/w:doNotExpandShiftReturn`. When `true`, a
     * justified line that ends at a soft line break (`w:br`) is left at its
     * natural width instead of being stretched to the measure.
     */
    readonly doNotExpandShiftReturn: boolean;
    /**
     * ECMA-376 §17.15.1.28 — `w:displayBackgroundShape`. The page background
     * (§17.2.1 `w:background`) is drawn only when this is set; without it Word
     * keeps the colour but prints white.
     */
    readonly displayBackgroundShape: boolean;
    /**
     * ECMA-376 §17.15.1.38 — `w:gutterAtTop`. The binding space (`w:pgMar
     * @w:gutter`) is added to the TOP margin rather than the left.
     */
    readonly gutterAtTop: boolean;
    /**
     * `w:compat/w:compatSetting @w:name="compatibilityMode"` — the Word version
     * the document was saved for. Absent means the file predates the setting,
     * which is the only case where §17.3.1.1's automatic paragraph spacing is
     * still HTML's 14pt rather than nothing.
     */
    readonly compatibilityMode?: number;
}
/** The all-defaults {@link DocumentSettings}, returned when no `w:settings` root is found. */
export declare const EMPTY_SETTINGS: DocumentSettings;
/**
 * Parse `word/settings.xml` (ECMA-376 §17.15), extracting only the flags the
 * renderer needs; everything else (compat, autoSpaceDE, …) is ignored.
 *
 * @param data The raw `word/settings.xml` bytes.
 * @returns The extracted {@link DocumentSettings}, or {@link EMPTY_SETTINGS} when the root is absent.
 */
export declare function parseSettings(data: Uint8Array): DocumentSettings;