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Originally Posted by cybmole
"squared off" is a phrase I picked up from googling widows & orphans. it means having all pages appear full length i.e. NOT having some pages artificially shortened by the widows & orphans process.
so if you view the book in a 2 page at a time viewer, the 2 pages will form as a "square" - well sort-of anyway. I guess that is the derivation
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Paper books often adjust the vertical spacing between lines to get the squared off look in spite of also having widows and orphans. This helps the look when both pages are displayed together side by side as they are typically done in a paper book. eBooks are normally display 1 page at a time so this is less important however it would be possible for reader software to offer this feature however, I am not aware of any software that does this. It really only makes sense for two page layout as seen in some of the larger landscape displays on tablets. Perhaps Marvin will add this. It is exactly the kind of feature the author loves to do.
Dale