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40=Column !DisplaysFilling should generally be False for writing or editing programs, and Truefor writing or editing natural language text. However, if you are editing atable, diagram, or other carefully formatted portion of text, it is a goodsafety precaution to set Filling to False (from the Edit level, just enters E FF CONTROL-C). This will save you the frustration of having your textcompletely reformatted after you make an insertion.Left Margin, Right Margin, Paragraph MarginIn Document Mode, the margins set in the Environment are the marginsthat are used by the Insert command and the Margin command. Thesemargins also affect the Center, Left, and Right justifying commands in theAdjust command. See the discussions of those commands for more detailsand examples.To change the value for the Left margin option, type L followed by anunsigned integer, and then press RETURN. The value that you enterreplaces the old value for the Left margin in the prompt display shown atthe beginning of this section.To change the value for the Right margin option, type R followed by anunsigned integer, and then press RETURN.If you are using a 40-column video display, you should use margin valuesbetween 0 and 39. Setting the Right margin to 39 will keep yourtext-editing within the bounds of your screen while you are indocument mode.The Paragraph margin is the absolute offset or indent of the text from theedge of the screen. You can change the value of the Paragraph marginoption by typing P followed by an unsigned integer, and then pressingRETURN.All unsigned integers with four or fewer digits are valid margin values. Ifyou attempt to assign a margin value of more than four digits, the value willbe truncated to the first four digits entered. To create normal text displayswhose characters are all visible on the screen, you should use margin valuesfrom 0 through 78, and the Left and Paragraph margin values should be lessthan the value of the Right margin.Comma:rmd CharacterThe Command character affects the Margin command and remargining indocument mode. See the discussion of the Margin command for moredetails.Il-124Chapter 4: The Editor