Though LaTeX does control widows and orphans automatically, its mechanism doesn't work in every case. Does anyone knows how to take manual control of these two when need be? (I'm just tired of \enlargethispage, \\ and similar commands trying to fix a line that shouldn't be on the next page)
Thanks
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Widows and orphans
Try some commands in your preamble.
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\clubpenalty10000
\widowpenalty10000
How to make a "Minimal Example"
Board Rules
Avoidable Mistakes
¹ System: TeX Live 2025 (vanilla), TeXworks 0.6.10
Board Rules
Avoidable Mistakes
¹ System: TeX Live 2025 (vanilla), TeXworks 0.6.10
Re: Widows and orphans
Thanks a lot 
It did the trick 
BTW, some people say that it isn't wise to set widow/clubpenalty value above 1000-2000. Why is that? The fact is that only at 10000 it works.
It did the trick BTW, some people say that it isn't wise to set widow/clubpenalty value above 1000-2000. Why is that? The fact is that only at 10000 it works.