tab stops, word wrapping, saving/sharing files

[T. Charles Yun]

I have been using Textpad to take notes and like the fact that the word wrap feature wraps to the tab indent point of that line. This (along with reduce/increase indent) allows for a fairly easy and striaghtforward outline based note taking.

I have recently been asked to share notes and have found that other text editors/word processors do not word wrap to the tab stop. I was wondering if there is a way optionally to save a file so that the word wrap settings are followed.

More specifically, I would like the ability to save a file so that the word wrap looks like the printout.

To do this, I assume that one would have to:
- open a dialog box
- ask for the columns number against which to wrap
- determine the number of tabs/spaces for each line
- wrap the remainder of the line against the column-wrap setting
- indent the wrapped line against the tabs/spaces setting

I have looked through the help documentation and FAQ without much luck. Any help is greatly appreciated.

- Charles

[Keith MacDonald]

Charles,

All you need to do is select all the lines and apply the Edit/Split Wrapped Lines command. To do that automatically, set "Save with hard breaks" for the document class.

Keith MacDonald
Helios Software Solutions