Simplify reading of verticalAlignment

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/docx/body-reader.js b/lib/docx/body-reader.js
index 6bc1934..61dc79d 100644
--- a/lib/docx/body-reader.js
+++ b/lib/docx/body-reader.js
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ function BodyReader(options) {
             type: "runProperties"
         };
         
-        var verticalAlignmentElement = element.first("w:vertAlign");
-        if (verticalAlignmentElement) {
-            properties.verticalAlignment = verticalAlignmentElement.attributes["w:val"];
-        }
+        properties.verticalAlignment = element.firstOrEmpty("w:vertAlign").attributes["w:val"];
         properties.font = element.firstOrEmpty("w:rFonts").attributes["w:ascii"];
         properties.isBold = readBooleanElement(element.first("w:b"));
         properties.isUnderline = readBooleanElement(element.first("w:u"));