From the OP's description, it certainly seems as if he is using "Keep with
next" rather than "Widow/Orphan control."
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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But the issue here is widow/orphan control, which should not strand a
single line of a paragraph at the top or bottom of a page. Where I have
seen this happen is where Word is wrapping text around a text box/frame
used to create an artificially wide left margin on page 1 (and this might
affect text wrapped around any object); Word seems to have difficulty
calculating the line breaks in this instance and perhaps doesn't realize
that what would require two lines on the first page (because of the
wrapped object) will fit on a single line on the following page.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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Was the "blank line" created by pressing Enter twice? If so, "Keep with
next" applies to the blank line, which is in fact a blank paragraph. You
can
apply "Keep with next" to both of the two paragraphs, but a better
solution
is to stop pressing Enter twice and instead add some Spacing Before to
the relevant paragraph (style).
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"gregc" wrote in message
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We have documents that have the last line of a paragraph appearing on a
succeeding page. This is followed a blank line and then the next
paragraph.
Thanks again for the help.
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Greg
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Can you please further define "not working"?
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"gregc" wrote in message
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Hello,
I have the box checked for widow and orphan control but it is not
working.
Several secretaries and paralegals have tried it and they can't get
it
to
work either. I appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.
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Greg