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Widow/Orphan control not working
I have a document in Word 2K (Win 2K network) in which the paragraphs DO
have the Widow/Orphan control turned on and in some cases also Keep together, but its not working. There are still orphan lines appearing at the top of next pages. Its making the user crazy. Has anyone seen this? What can be done to fix it? -Monica Dallas |
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Widow/Orphan control not working
I've seen this general type of problem in damaged documents. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm. But also make sure that the paragraphs in question are not also set to "Keep with next," which can cause problems when applied to too many paragraphs in succession. Also note that those controls do not apply in tables once you've allowed the rows to break. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "MDavison" wrote in message ... I have a document in Word 2K (Win 2K network) in which the paragraphs DO have the Widow/Orphan control turned on and in some cases also Keep together, but its not working. There are still orphan lines appearing at the top of next pages. Its making the user crazy. Has anyone seen this? What can be done to fix it? -Monica Dallas |
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Widow/Orphan control not working
In addition to Suzannes's suggestions, also make sure that the
misbehaving lines aren't in fact single-line paragraphs, each of which is followed by a paragraph mark (inserted each time you press ENTER). If they are, widow/orphan control won't work. In order to see paragraph marks (¶), press the ¶ button on the Standard toolbar. For more about nonprinting characters, please see: http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/format...PrintChars.htm -- Stefan Blom "MDavison" wrote in message ... I have a document in Word 2K (Win 2K network) in which the paragraphs DO have the Widow/Orphan control turned on and in some cases also Keep together, but its not working. There are still orphan lines appearing at the top of next pages. Its making the user crazy. Has anyone seen this? What can be done to fix it? -Monica Dallas |
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