A widowed line: the last line of a paragraph, all alone on the other side of a page break. At the end of the first paragraph, the word 'lorem' is an orphan in the second sense: a very short final line that, because the rest of its line is white, creates an impression of two lines of whitespace between the paragraphs. In, widows and orphans are lines at the beginning or end of a paragraph, which are left dangling at the top or bottom of a column, separated from the rest of the paragraph. (The strictly correct term for the top and bottom of the page are head and foot, respectively.) There is some disagreement about the definitions of widow and orphan; what one source calls a widow another calls an orphan. Uses these definitions: Widow A paragraph-ending line that falls at the beginning of the following page or column, thus separated from the rest of the text. Mnemonically, a widow is 'alone at the top' (albeit of the family tree but, in this case, of the page).
May 10, 2011 - Microsoft Word Widow and Orphan Control Make sure WIDOW-ORPHAN CONTROL check-box is selected. Click OK to save the setting.
Orphan A paragraph-opening line that appears by itself at the bottom of a page or column, thus separated from the rest of the text. Mnemonically, an orphan is 'alone at the bottom' (albeit of the family tree but, in this case, of the page)., the creator of the computer-typesetting system, calls an orphan a club line. Remembering the terms A common is 'An orphan has no past; a widow has no future' or 'An orphan is left behind, whereas a widow must go on alone'. Another way to think is that orphaned lines appear at the 'birth' (start) of paragraphs; widowed lines appear at the 'death' (end) of paragraphs. 'An orphan is alone from the beginning; a widow is alone at the end,' or 'An orphan starts alone, a widow ends alone.'
Guidelines Writing guides, such as the Chicago Manual of Style, generally suggest that a manuscript should have no widows and orphans even if the result of avoiding them is additional space at the bottom of a page or column. However, in its 16th edition (2011) the Chicago Manual of Style suggests a new convention in which pages may end with the first line of a new paragraph. A widowed line, highlighted in yellow. Typographic Design: Form and Communication. John Wiley & Sons: 1993.
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The Elements of Typographic Style. Hartley and Marks Publishers: 2004. 43–44. Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition, 3.11 Overall appearance: 'A page should not begin with the last line of a paragraph unless it is full measure and should not end with the first line of a new paragraph.' . Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition, 2.113: 'A page should not begin with the last line of a paragraph unless it is full measure. (A page can, however, end with the first line of a new paragraph.)'.