Writer Guide

Figure 224: Setting a paragraph style to always start on a
new page
Note
If you want the first page of a new chapter to always start on a
right (recto) page, make sure that the page style for the first
chapter page is set for the right page only by making this
selection in the Layout settings field on the Page page for the
Page Style dialog box. The typical procedure for the rest of a
chapter is to define a single “mirrored” page style for both left
and right pages. A mirrored page can have different headers
and footers. If done this way, every chapter will use two page
styles.
You can choose to define separate page styles for left and right
pages, if you want the pages to be very different in appearance
(for example, different margins or headers and footers only on
right pages but not on left pages; imagine a book with a full-
page photograph on the left pages and text on the right pages).
In that case, make sure that the Next Style field for the first
page style is then set for a left-only page, which, in turn, is
then set to be followed by a right-only page style. If done this
way, every chapter will use three page styles. A hypothetical
case might have these page-style names: First page, Left, and
Right.
The Options section of the Text Flow page provides settings to control
what happens when a paragraph does not fit on the bottom of a page:
• Do not split paragraph means that the paragraph is never split
across two pages. If it does not fit on the bottom of one page, the
entire paragraph moves to the top of the next page.
• Keep with next paragraph is appropriate for headings or the
lead-in sentence to a list, to ensure that it is not the last
paragraph on a page.
• Orphan control and Widow control. Widows and orphans are
typographic terms. An orphan is the first line of a paragraph
alone at the bottom of a page or column. A widow is the last line
of a paragraph that appears alone at the top of the next page or
column. Use these options to allow paragraphs to split across
pages or columns but require at least two or more lines to remain
together at the bottom or top of a page or column. You can specify
how many lines must remain together.
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