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Q&A How can I keep dialogue attached to character names in a Pages play script?

I'm formatting a play using Pages on macOS. I cannot figure out how to get character names to be associated with their dialogue. I'm formatting like [centered] JOHN [\centered] Yes, that’s me...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Clayton McCray‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:35:05Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/41276
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Clayton McCray‭ · 2019-12-08T10:35:05Z (over 4 years ago)
I'm formatting a play using Pages on macOS. I cannot figure out how to get character names to be associated with their dialogue. I'm formatting like

> [centered] JOHN [\centered]  
> Yes, that’s me.

But I constantly get orphaned character names because the newline after the character name causes the two things to be treated as separate paragraphs. It looks super unprofessional.

I'm using Pages specifically, but also could switch to Word if this is impossible in Pages but possible in Word.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-14T09:15:24Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 4