d = XmlUtils.getNewDocumentBuilder().newDocument();
span = d.createElement("span");
d.appendChild(span);
CTTextCharacterProperties textCharProps = (CTTextCharacterProperties) nodeToObjectModel(
rPrNodeIt.nextNode(), CTTextCharacterProperties.class);
RPr rPr = TextStyles.getWmlRPr(textCharProps);
// Does our rPr contain anything else?