On 2008-08-18, Michele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> When a heading is followed by a bulleted list of paragraphs
>> (each typically one line long), how does one keep the list
>> items from being widows/orphans. IOW, I don't want a list
>> split so that there is only only one item at the top/bottom of
>> a page. The normal widow/orphan controls only seem to affect
>> how lines are split within paragraphs, and not how paragraphs
>> are split between pages.
>
> Indeed widow/orphan applies to splitting paragraphs so it
> won't work in your case.
>
> What you could do (ugly workaround) is the following:
> - create a new paragraph style by selecting one of the list items text
> and dragging the selection in the Styles and Formatting window. Call
> this style something like listPara.
> (if the styles and formatting window is not opened press F11 to open
> it and ensure that the paragraph icon is selected).
> - modify the style (right click on it in the Styles and formatting
> window and select modify) checking the box "Keep with next paragraph"
> in the Text flow page of the dialog box shown.
> - Select the first elements of the list and double click on the
> listPara style to apply it. This will prevent having a single item at
> the bottom of a page (don't know if this is the widow or the orphan
>:-) ).
> - Repeat for the last but one element (this prevents having one single
> list item at the beginning of a page).
Thanks for the suggestion. It's a bit messy, but not as bad as
inserting manual page breaks (as long as the list items don't
get rearranged).
--
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at OEDIPUS COMPLEX back in
visi.com '81 ...
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