Widow/Orphan Control is ON by default in Word, so you should *not* have to
do anything to have it applied. When you "click the box" are you putting a
check *in* or clearing the check that was there? If clearing the existing
check you are turning the feature OFF.

Are you using a paragragraph style that includes W/O Control turned off?
What invisibles do you see if you turn on Show Hide ¶?
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Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Teresa" wrote in message
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In Word 2003, I select the paragraph and click the box for Widow/Orphan
control in paragraph formatting and it still leaves one line on the
following
page. Used to work and now it doesn't.