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Addendum to Part 2
In Part 2 of the article, Words06, I looked at the effect of adding
text during editing of multi-column text and we saw that there was a
problem with wrapping. In addition, in Part 1, I pointed out the
problem with wrap back on delete in column layouts. Problems can also
arise in simple text layouts if a line of text is entered in the line
immediately above an existing line.
These problems arise because PipeDream uses the blank line as a
demarcation between paragraphs,and if the blank line is missing
PipeDream assumes that the two lines should be part of the same
paragraph. Thus, wrap back will occur from the line immediately below
on deletion in the row if there is no blank line following. In
addition since PipeDream does not wrap spaces, if wrap occurs from an
added line, and there is no separating blank line, then the text
already in a following line will be displaced to the right by the
wrapped word and will continue to do so as more text is added. This
will occur in spite of the fact that the Options settings are:- Insert
on Wrap is set to Row, Wrap is On, Insert on Return is ON and the
Insert mode is in use, ie. the normal simple word processing set of
options.
If you think about it, this is logical with the Insert mode selected
and with the blank line forming the separator for paragraphs. As was
seen in the earlier examples, the command "Left align" can be used to
control the situation.
I thought that it would be worthwhile having a recap and explaining
this in an addendum as it can cause some confusion in simple word
processing.