Writer Guide

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 of the
Page Style dialog box.
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.
Font options for the paragraph style
Three pages of the Paragraph Style dialog box are dedicated to
settings controlling the appearance of the font, namely, the Font, Font
Effects, and Position pages. The use of the first two pages should be
straightforward. Many of the options used when creating a character
style are discussed in “Creating a new character style” on page 245.
Options that can be used when creating a paragraph style are
described here.
Specifying a relative font size
If you are creating a style based on another style (linked style), you can
specify a font size relative to that other style—either as a percentage
or as a plus or minus point value (–2pt or +5pt). Relative font sizes are
commonly used for Web pages.
For example, the paragraph style Heading 1 is based on the paragraph
style Heading. The font size of the paragraph style Heading is 14pt,
and the font size of paragraph style Heading 1 is specified as 115%.
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