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Need a rock-solid, plain vanilla format
Hi Wyel,
Open the template, then use Format|Styles to make sure widow/orphan control is off for the styles being used in the documents based on that template. Then save the updated template. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Wyel" wrote in message ... | I use WORD 2003 on an XP Pro system for documents that must be emailed | in RTF format. | | I need WORD to open with no widow/orphan control ever, 25 consistent | lines per page, and one inch margins all around, and a simple header. I | can set the format to these requirements, but the widow/orphan control | doesn't hold. | | The widow/orphan control (the default is on) kicks in on different | pages. I've tried blocking the entire document, then turning the widow | control off, but even that is not reliable. I'm doing something wrong. | | Can it be the conversion to RTF that messes the format up? | | It's inconvenient to have to jump back and forth between word | processors. If I could rely on the formatting, I would switch and write | the documents in WORD from the beginning. Instead, because I cannot, I | use another word processor--one I've used for years and know well--for | composition and then save it in RTF. | | Boxer | |
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