

Some paragraph styles include extra space before each paragraph. On the Table menu, click Table Properties, and then click the Row tab.Ĭlear the Allow row to break across pages check box.Ī manual line break ends the current line and continues the text on the next line. Prevent a table row from breaking across a page Select the Widow/Orphan control check box. Select the paragraphs in which you want to control widow and orphan. Select the paragraph that you want to follow the page break.īy default, Word prevents the last line of a paragraph from appearing at the top or bottom of a page. If you want a certain paragraph in your document always to appear at the top of a page, set a page break to occur before the paragraph. Select the paragraphs that you want to keep together on a page.Īlways force a page break before a paragraph

You can keep paragraphs together, such as a heading and the next paragraph, on a page or in a column. Select the Keep lines together check box. On the Format menu, click Paragraph, and then click the Line and Page Breaks tab. Select the lines that you want to keep together. You can keep all lines of a paragraph together on a page or in a column so that the paragraph is not split between two pages.

If you are not in print layout view, on the View menu, click Print Layout. Important: The following procedures assume that you are in print layout view.
