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From: eberard@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Edward Berard)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Two EMACS Questions
Keywords: tabs, hanging indents
Message-ID: <574@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 6 Sep 89 10:39:57 GMT
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I am a person who uses emacs only occasionally, and when I do use it,
I use it strictly as a word processor. I have two novice questions:

	1. Is there a way in emacs to create "hanging indents" like
	   this one? What I would like is to be able to create a
	   paragraph formatted like this one, and not have to shift
	   each line, re-format, etc. myself.

	2. I have a large (approximately 600 lines) file. Each line in
	   the file looks like two strings separated by a tab. Since
	   the length of the first string varies, the tab is not in
	   the same place in each line. Is there any way to tell emacs
	   to take every line in the file and cause the second string
	   in each line to begin at the same column?

I actually have more, word-processing related questions. Are there
some documents on the use of emacs as a wp? Normally, I use word
processors like MS Word 4.0 on the Mac. However, when I wish to send
mail on the net, I am forced to use emacs. (I have nothing against
emacs, it is just the only thing like a wp that is available on the
machine I use.)

				-- Ed Berard
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