This makes it so that my margins aren’t actually one inch all around. Look at the image on the right and how MS Word adjusts the text with the default “Widow/Orphan Control On.” One result is that the bottom of the previous page is left with a bigger white space than normal. ![]() You see that poor little thing down there and say, “Oh my, those other lines just dropped you off and left you here.”Įxamples of each are shown in the image. Care for widows and orphans This project includes five centres in different countries, three of them in Tripoli (Lebanon), one in Amman (Jordan), and another one in Antakya (Turkey).The. You have been left to go on all by your lonesome.”Īn “orphan” is when the first line of a paragraph appears alone at the bottom of a page. You look at that lonely line up there and say, “Oh, you poor dear. Bottom line: to get one inch margins (no extra white space gaps) on every page, you want to see widows and orphans, so you’ll have to uncheck the Widow/Orphan Control option in MS Word.Ī “widow” is what you get when the last line of a paragraph appears alone at the top of a page. ![]() Well, I’ve tracked down the problem and thought I’d share. I entered a first chapter contest last year and received a comment that mentioned how my disregard for Widows/Orphans left gaps of white space in my submission.
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