How to Configure Line and Page Break Options for MS Word Documents

Click the lower-right corner of the Paragraph pod on the Home tab:

This will display MS word’s Paragraph dialog box.

Click and select the Line and Page Breaks tab for the following line and page break options:

Select Widow/Orphan control check-box to prevent MS Word from splitting up a paragraph such that a single line ends up displayed at the top of a page (a “widow“), or a single line is displayed at the bottom of a page (“an “orphan“). When this option is selected, MS Word displays at least two lines at the bottom or top of a page for a better look.

Select Keep with the next check-box to prevent a single line displayed at the bottom of a page, like a Heading or a Table Caption.

Select Keep lines together check-box to prevent a single line displayed at the top of a page. If you select this, your paragraphs (and tables) will not be split in the middle but carried as a whole to the next page.

Select the Page break before check-box to insert a page break before the text, like a heading. If, for example, you’d like to have each chapter heading end up on the top of a new page, select this check-box in the Paragraph dialog box of the respective chapter title paragraph style.