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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But these page breaks are 100% useless. The header and paragraph will fit or they won't fit. A page break avoid will not make something fit that doesn't fit. Because this is at the top of the page, it will split if it has to. If it doesn't fit on the first page of the chapter, it won't fit on any page. So just let it be split if it needs to be instead of something going wrong when a program tries to keep everything together but cannot do so.
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Yes, Jon, we know that
you think they are useless. As you think a lot of things are. But, in case you haven't noticed, lots of people disagree with you on this. In this case, the OP is trying for a style. Maybe it isn't good, maybe it doesn't work, but, until they try, they won't know.
And to be clear, I disagree with you. There are situations when I want a minor heading, or some other bit of text clearly stuck with the following text. Keeping them together could easily improve the reading and comprehension. And sure, it wastes space at the end of the screen (I'm thinking non-fiction more than fiction). But, you have already told them they should do that by splitting the file at that point. And it's not as if we are actually wasting something. A little more whitespace doesn't matter, it isn't increasing the amount of rubbish in our landfills.
And of course, if you don't like it, don't buy the book.