#Microsoft word widow orphan protection windows 7#
Software/Hardware used: Word 2010 running on Windows 7 Ultimate. If you have any comments or questions please use the comments form below. On the Page Layout tab, click the Paragraph Dialog Box Launcher, and then click the Line and Page Breaks tab. By unchecking this option you have turned off Widow/Orphan Control in Word 2010. Click OK to save the changes and close the Paragraph dialog box. Otherwise, I find that the blank lines at the bottom of the page are more annoying than the widows and orphans. In the Pagination section uncheck Widow/Orphan control. In my own work, I approach widow and orphan control the same way I approach ligatures-I only use it if widows and orphans are causing a visible problem. noun (Computers) Microsoft Word command that prevents a paragraph from being split in such a way that a single line remains at the top or bottom of a page.
Thus, widow control will frequently produce extra blank lines at the bottom of your pages.ĭo you need widow and orphan control? Try it. To cure widows, lines are moved from the bottom of one page to the top of the next. Orphans are moved to the next page with the rest of the paragraph. Widow and orphan control prevents both. Microsoft Word has automated widow/orphan control, in FormatParagraphLine and Page Breaks. When only the first line of the paragraph appears at the bottom of the first page, that line is called an orphan. When only the last line of the paragraph appears at the top of the second page, that line is called a widow. To cure widows, lines are moved from the bottom of. Picture a paragraph that starts at the bottom of one page and continues at the top of the next. Orphans are moved to the next page with the rest of the paragraph.