Re: Widow/Orphan

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From: Victor Eijkhout
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1991 17:11

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wlh@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Bill W L HA) writes:

>Would anyone please tell me how to exercise widow/orphan control in
>Latex.

The parameters \widowpenalty and \clubpenalty are TeX primitives,
so you can also use them in LaTeX. Setting them to 10000
will prevent widow and club lines completely, lower values make
them merely unlikely. Default values are 150.

>Thanx in advance.

You're welcome.

Victor.

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