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Text re-adjusts after soft return line-break

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April 24, 2023
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I am trying to get rid of a runt in my paragraph by using a soft return to push words to the next line however the lines above the one I am adjusting will adjust and move themselves after I have soft returned. I would like one or two words to move to the next line but still keep the lines above how they are.

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Correct answer BobLevine

That is very poor practice but if you insist on doing it, you've been warned...turn on the single-line composer instead of the paragraph composer.

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James Gifford—NitroPress

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As Bob says, soft returns are to be avoided in InDesign. Use style adjustments instead.

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That is very poor practice but if you insist on doing it, you've been warned...turn on the single-line composer instead of the paragraph composer.

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Hello, Thank you for your response! If this is poor practice, what do you suggest to get rid of runts, orphins etc.?

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A non-breaking space at the point you want the line break will probably work, and won't bite you later if you edit.