Rich Shepard wrote: > I have a widow line: the last line of a paragraph that is the first line > on the following page; it's actually the last line of the report chapter, > which makes it look worse. > > I _thought_ there was a macro to extend the page, but I cannot find a > reference to it.
\enlargethispage > Nothing in TLC2 that helps. Google found a page from > Purdue University (where all the chickens go before the end up in the > supermarket) that suggested using \widowpenalty=450. I put that in the > preamble, but there's no joy yet. > > Please pass me a clue stick on how to fix this. It does come up now and > then and I do need to take care of the instances. http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Using#toc7 Personally, I always use this: \tolerance 1414 \hbadness 1414 \emergencystretch 1.5em \hfuzz 0.3pt \widowpenalty = 10000 \vfuzz \hfuzz \raggedbottom But depending on the situation, there can still be widow lines. For that cases I use the macro \def\condbreak#1{% \vskip 0pt plus #1\pagebreak[3]\vskip 0pt plus -#1\relax} So in the document, I can use for instance \condbreak{2\baselineskip} to assure that there have to follow at least 2 lines after a given position, else a pagebreak will be inserted. HTH, Jürgen > Rich
