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EVE FILL_RANGE — VMS 5.5-2H4

 FILL RANGE

 Reformats a range or box so the maximum number of words fits on a line.

 Typically, you use FILL RANGE after erasing, removing, or pasting text, or
 after changing the margins or paragraph indent.

 Steps:

    1.  Select or find the text to fill (see help on Ranges and Boxes).

    2.  Use FILL or FILL RANGE.  (With the EDT keypad, press GOLD-KP8.
        With the WPS keypad, press GOLD-KP5).

 Usage notes:

 o  Filling a range uses the current margins of the buffer.  Filling a box
    uses the limits of the box, so you can reformat a list or part of a
    table without affecting adjacent text.

 o  If you used SET BOX SELECT, then FILL RANGE uses the start and end of a
    found range as diagonally opposite corners of a box.

 o  If there is a found range at the end of a selection, FILL RANGE works
    on the selection, but not on the found range.

 o  FILL RANGE keeps blank lines and page breaks as paragraph boundaries,
    so you can select several paragraphs or the entire buffer for
    reformatting.  For example, if your selection contains lines beginning
    with RUNOFF commands or DOCUMENT tags, FILL RANGE does not reformat
    those lines, but does reformat the other lines in the selection.

 o  FILL RANGE deletes tabs and spaces at the start of each line in the
    range but does not affect tabs and spaces in the middle.  If the range
    begins in the middle of a line, FILL RANGE does not delete tabs and
    spaces at the start of that line.

 o  Filling a box converts tab characters to spaces in the box or to the
    right of the box, to keep the column alignment of text.

 o  If the paragraph indent is not 0 (the default setting), you cannot fill
    a range unless the range starts at the start of a paragraph.

 Related topics:

    Ranges And Boxes     FILL                     FILL PARAGRAPH
    SET LEFT MARGIN      SET PARAGRAPH INDENT     SET RIGHT MARGIN

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