Pete Rourke wrote: > > On a generated index, I have a two column spread alphabetically. My problem > is trying to find the right combination of 'keep with', Widow/Orphan lines, > Format to keep it from leaving the Group Titles IX paragraph with its Index > line at the bottom of a column or page, and the first entry standing all > alone at the top of the second column or the top of the next page. > > > I have unsuccessfully tried a number of permutations without success. Maybe > there is something besides the paragraph designer?? > >
The widow/orphan setting affects text only within a single paragraph, so that is a red herring when it comes to keeping a title paragraph with the following paragraph. (It is useful in keeping multi-line index entries from splitting awkwardly, however.) Richard pointed out the likely solution, which is that you forgot to Update All after changing your Group Titles IX paragraph to keep with next. That is the proper approach, because you will always want your group title to be followed by a first-level entry. Peter Gold adds a recommendation for TocBreaker, a free plug-in. That is also a useful tool, but not for this exact problem of group titles. TocBreaker is better applied to the problem of how to keep second-level entries listed directly under first-level entries, without having keep-with-next or keep-with-previous create long lists of entries that act as unbreakable blocks. TocBreaker works by "memorizing" the places where you manually insert breaks, so that you can reapply them en masse after the file is regenerated. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time." --Tom Cargill, Bell Labs