The Orphan Control format symbol is inserted when you want to keep lines of text together and not have the lines of text separated by page breaks. When you use the Orphan Control format symbol, you will be asked to specify the number of lines you want to keep together.

The Orphan Control format symbol can be added to dictionary entries and include files. It can also be utilized when editing.

It should be noted that the Orphan Control format symbol’s options can also be set to insert text or characters on the blank lines. These characters or letters can be a way to show that the lines were left blank intentionally.