Reformatting Text

You can reformat text paragraph by paragraph to tidy it up after editing or to fit it into a new column width or right margin. You can also reformat a marked block of text. Note that, if you have turned on Insert on Return in the Options dialogue box, text will be automatically reformatted after deletions using the Delete Word and Delete Character commands and the Backspace key.

To Reformat a Paragraph

  1. Position the caret anywhere on the first line of the paragraph.
  2. Give the Format Paragraph Command:
Menu Command Tool Key Cmd-sequence
Caret Format paragraph Format icon R

Text will be reformatted from the line containing the caret to the end of the paragraph. The end of a paragraph is taken as one of the following:

Note that a cell does not reformat if there is anything on the next line in a column to the left or right of the cell. This is to prevent you from accidentally reformatting columns of textual labels in a database.

To Have Justified Text

PipeDream can justify text by adding extra spaces into the line to make an even right-hand margin.

To select this option, turn on the Justify option in the Options dialogue box.

New text you type in will be justified. Existing text will be justified when you reformat it.

To Prevent Lines From Wrapping

If you want to type text onto a line without it wrapping onto the next line, position the caret on the line and give the Left Align command:

Menu Command Tool Key Cmd-sequence
Layout Left align LAL

You can prevent a block of text, such as a list, from wrapping by applying this command to a marked block of text.

To Turn Off Wrapping Over the Whole Document

Turn off the Wrap option in the Options dialogue box.

To Reformat a Block of Text

First mark the block of text to be reformatted. Then give the Format Block command:

Menu Command Tool Key Cmd-sequence
Caret Format block Format icon EFB

This command is particularly useful if you want to reformat your whole document, after a change of font, for example. Having marked the whole document, you can give the Format Block command to reformat the document quickly and easily. Be careful not to mark an address at the top of a letter, unless it has been explicitly left-aligned—you don’t want to reformat the address!