>>Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:47:39 +0100
>>From: Uwe St�hr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>CC: [email protected]
>>Subject: Re: Index: Keeping Main- and Sub-Entries Together
>>
[...]
>>If you have e.g.
>>--------------------------------------
>>Mineral Water         Bloody Mary
>>  Perrier             Gin Tonic
>>  Selters
>>
>>Longdrinks
>>--------------------------------------
>>
>>but want
>>--------------------------------------
>>Mineral Water       Longdrinks
>>  Perrier             Bloody Mary
>>  Selters             Gin Tonic
>>--------------------------------------
>>
>>then add some space after the "Selters" entry, like
>>
>>Mineral Water ! Selters\vspace{xxcm}

Won't orphans and widows TeX control variables do it for column breaks as well 
as for page breaks ?
The default values are quite sloppy about these, AFAIR.

Of course, making then fussy globally will change the whole document layout...
-- 
Jean-Pierre

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