Hatrack River Writers Workshop: Word Printout -- Dialog not spanning pages

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Posted by ChrisOwens (Member # 1955) on :

I printed off my short story in Word. On the bottom of page 12 there are room for two lines, but Word won't fill it. It seems the first 3 lines on page 13 are dialog, so it doesn't want to half dialog across pages.

Is this a problem when sending a manuscript out? Or is there a way to deal with this?

Posted by TheoPhileo (Member # 1914) on :

You may have the option for orphaned lines turned on. Basically, it won't leave a single line of a paragraph by itself at the top or bottom of a page.

Posted by Robyn_Hood (Member # 2083) on :

To turn the widow/orphan control off, go to the Format menu, select paragraph, and go to the "Line and Page Breaks" tab.

Make sure nothing is check marked.

Posted by ChrisOwens (Member # 1955) on :

Thanks. That got rid of those pesky oprhans! No wait, I guess it did the opposite...