Widows/Orphans

[Legallisa - switching from WordPerfect]

I want to have the widows/orphans box UNCHECKED as default. I do I change it
so that it's not the default?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm



"Legallisa - switching from WordPerfect"

 

[Beth Melton]

Create a new document based on your Normal template, display the Paragraph
dialog box, remove the "Widows/Orphans" option and then click Default at the
bottom.

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"Legallisa - switching from WordPerfect"

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The Font dialog has a Default... button; the Paragraph dialog does not (at
least not in Word 2003--possibly in Word 2007?).

 

[Legallisa - switching from WordPerfect]

The Font dialog has a Default... button; the Paragraph dialog does not (at
least not in Word 2003--possibly in Word 2007?).





The answer I was looking for was in your previous post: in the FAQ. In Word 2007, right click on the style, click modify, click format, paragraph, uncheck widows/orphans, click apply to all new documents, okay.

Thanks!

 

[Aeneas]

A Default... button has been added to both tabs of the Paragraph dialog box
in 2007 (it wasn't even there in the betas I worked wtih).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ah, very helpful then.