PageWidth

PageWidth is an option for output streams and for cells which specifies how wide each line of text should be allowed to be.

Possible settings for output streams are:

SetOptions[stream, PageWidth -> val] resets the line width allowed for an open stream.

Possible settings for cells are:

PageWidth->WindowWidth allows each line to use the full width of the displayed window, taking into account settings for CellMargins.

See The Mathematica Book: Section 2.10.10 and Section 2.11.3.

See also: TotalWidth, TextJustification, AutoIndent.

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