I know Pages lacks the features of Word, but I feel like I'm overlooking something.
I've rarely had trouble with controlling widows and orphans in Word. Select the Widow/Orphan control check box. Select the paragraphs in which you want to control widow and orphan. I then check the box for 'Keep lines on same page,' and I get what I want.īy default, Word prevents the last line of a paragraph from appearing at the top or bottom of a. I check the box to 'Prevent widow and orphan lines,' but a simple one-sentence paragraph stubbornly appears with three words at the top of the page that follows. I can't get it to work without going a step further.
I've read in this forum and elsewhere about how to force Pages to avoid widows and orphans.