Widows and Orphans

A widow is the last line or two of a paragraph carried over to the top of the next page. An orphan is the first line or two of a paragraph at the bottom of a page. You can adjust settings for widows and orphans so that a single line (or more) will not be separated from the rest of the paragraph when the page breaks.

To prevent widows and orphans:

1	Move the cursor to the top of the document, or to the point where you want to begin preventing widows and orphans.

2	Click Insert, Breaks

3	The Breaks dialog box will appear. Click on the Paragraphs tab.

4	Click the Prevent Widows and Orphans box and use the slider controls to set the minimum number of lines that can be separated from the rest of a paragraph at the top (widows) or bottom (orphans) of a page.

Click OK

You can also use the action line to prevent widows and orphans. See WD and OR commands

For detailed notes about widows and orphans, see Widows/Orphans: Notes.