The Minimum Widow Lines property specifies the minimum number of lines of the boilerplate or field text that should appear on the logical page where the object starts to print. If the number of lines specified for this property cannot fit on the logical page, then all lines of text are moved to the next page.
Note: This property applies only to the initial lines of text in the boilerplate or field object. It does not provide widow protection for individual paragraphs.
Applies to |
Boilerplate and fields |
Values |
Any whole, positive number from 0 through 32K. |
Default |
0 (the text that can fit on the logical page should be printed before continuing on the next page) |
Required/Optional |
Optional |
Minimum Widow Lines can only be used on text boilerplate, File Link boilerplate with a source file format of text, and fields with a source datatype of character.
With Minimum Widow Lines set to 1, you might get a situation like the one shown in the figure, where the first line of the field is printed at the bottom of a logical page and the rest is printed on the next logical page. With Minimum Widow Lines set to 2 (or more), you can avoid having one line of a field at the bottom of the logical page by itself, as shown in the second figure.
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