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When you click this icon the Paragraph dialog box will appear.

In the Pagination section uncheck Widow/Orphan control.īeside above, what are widows and orphans in editing? A widow is the last line of a paragraph left by itself at the top of a page an orphan is the first line of a paragraph left by itself at the bottom of a page.

One of our Answers users recently posted a great question about widow and orphan control in Word 2010 that I thought should be covered here.

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You will want to avoid both widows and orphans in your documents, as they break up the flow of the text and tend to distract the reader. Here’s the original question: How do I turn off widows and orphans in Word 2010. In other Words I go to Format,paragraph, line and pagebreaks, Can’t find that in 2010.

Then, what is the difference between a widow and an orphan? Answer (1 of 6): I’m using the Chicago Manual of Style definitions for widows and orphans: > Widow: A paragraph-ending word that falls at the beginning of the following page or column, thus separated from the rest of the text. Widows and Orphans A widow is a very short line – usually one word, or the end of a hyphenated word – at the end of a paragraph or column. Like a widow, an orphan is a single word, part of a word or very short line, except it appears at the beginning of a column or a page. Where is the widow orphan control in Word?īy default, Word prevents the last line of a paragraph from appearing at the top or bottom of a page.

Select the paragraphs in which you want to control widow and orphan.

On the Format menu, click Paragraph, and then click the Line and Page Breaks tab.

Select the Widow/Orphan control check box.

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