Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 7, 2020)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016
There are certain paragraphs that naturally belong with another paragraph. For instance, section headings belong with the paragraphs that follow them, a signature line belongs with the explanation line that may be after it, and a figure belongs with the caption that may follow it. Word makes it easy to keep certain paragraph pairings together. To format paragraphs so they stay together, use the following steps:
Figure 1. The Line and Page Breaks tab of the Paragraph dialog box.
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2020-08-07 10:18:46
Allen
R -- not a clumsy title, as "straggling head" is a typographical term. It is what it is.
-Allen
2020-08-07 09:59:42
David Gardner
Or, style your headings, and modify the heading styles to have the paragraph attribute of Keep with next
2020-08-07 07:31:14
R.
What a clumsy title!
2016-07-27 08:47:04
Lisa Herider
To make this happen all the time, edit the style sheet to incorporate this paragraph change(s) in the actual style.
2016-07-25 03:12:48
Karyn
However - be careful when using "Keep with next" as a default in Normal font style.
This will then also apply to tables, and give an orphan table heading, rather than breaking tables across pages.
:)
kP
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