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Old October 28th, 2009, 01:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Medser
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Default Widow control not working

Hi there,

I'm using Word 2003 & I have widows appearing throughout my document, even
though widow/orphan control is checked for all styles.
e.g. I have a long sentence which spans 4 lines of text, the last line being:
Conditions.

Am I missing something? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Mel
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Old October 28th, 2009, 03:48 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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Default Widow control not working

The Widow control would prevent the word "Conditions" from appearing at the
top of a page by itself by moving the preceding line of text to that page.
It does not prevent a word from appearing on a line by itself at the end of
a paragraph except at the top of the page. Similarly, it prevents the first
line of a (multiline) paragraph from appearing at the bottom of a page by
itself and will move it to the top of the following page.

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Hope this helps

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Hi there,

I'm using Word 2003 & I have widows appearing throughout my document, even
though widow/orphan control is checked for all styles.
e.g. I have a long sentence which spans 4 lines of text, the last line
being:
Conditions.

Am I missing something? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Mel



 




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