AFAIK there is no out-of-the-box solution (aka some magic option) for this kind of problem that really works. If the space is just enough for an orphan/widow, but to big to be let empty, well what should LaTeX possibly do about it?
IMHO this is best solved by manual fine-tuning at the very end: - I usually start with altering the size of figures and floats on the pages before the problem page. Make them slightly smaller so that an extra line would fit on the problem page or bigger, so that the empty space no longer looks that empty. - If that doesn't help, I rephrase the text so that an extra line of the otherwise orphan/widow paragraph would fit on the page. - As a last resort, if space is a real problem because I have a page limit, I start to spread negative \vspaces at certain positions. However, doing so can be a real pain. Daniel Marcelo Acuña wrote: > Hello, > Sometimes, about 1 time by 40/50 pages, latex put a > page break too early, and appears a ugly big blank > space at the bottom of page. > This occurs when I put in preamble commands for avoid > widows and orphan. If I deleted this commands ugly > space desappears and widows and orphans appears. > How I can avoid this problem? > What command I can put in pages with early page > break? > Thanks > Marcelo > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Preguntá. Respondé. Descubrí. > Todo lo que querías saber, y lo que ni imaginabas, > está en Yahoo! Respuestas (Beta). > ¡Probalo ya! > http://www.yahoo.com.ar/respuestas
