Index colum-page breaks

[Stuart Rogers]

Pete Rourke wrote:

> 
> On a generated index, I have a two column spread alphabetically. My problem
> is trying to find the right combination of 'keep with', Widow/Orphan lines,
> Format  to keep it from leaving the Group Titles IX paragraph with its Index
> line at the bottom of a column or page, and the first entry standing all
> alone at the top of the second column or the top of the next page.
> 
> 
> I have unsuccessfully tried a number of permutations without success. Maybe
> there is something besides the paragraph designer??
> 
>  

The widow/orphan setting affects text only within a single paragraph, so 
that is a red herring when it comes to keeping a title paragraph with 
the following paragraph.  (It is useful in keeping multi-line index 
entries from splitting awkwardly, however.)

Richard pointed out the likely solution, which is that you forgot to 
Update All after changing your Group Titles IX paragraph to keep with 
next.  That is the proper approach, because you will always want your 
group title to be followed by a first-level entry.

Peter Gold adds a recommendation for TocBreaker, a free plug-in.  That 
is also a useful tool, but not for this exact problem of group titles. 
TocBreaker is better applied to the problem of how to keep second-level 
entries listed directly under first-level entries, without having 
keep-with-next or keep-with-previous create long lists of entries that 
act as unbreakable blocks.  TocBreaker works by "memorizing" the places 
where you manually insert breaks, so that you can reapply them en masse 
after the file is regenerated.

HTH,

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