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See more code at a glance with word wrapping

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See more code at a glance with word wrapping

- [Instructor] Every editor I've ever used has the ability to scroll horizontally within a document, so I can see all the text. Here's an example in this CSS file. I can't see the comment on this line, so I can use the left and right arrows to move like this. I can also use the home and end keys. Home takes me to the beginning of the line, end takes me to the end of the line, and of course most editors have a horizontal scroll bar, so you can scroll back and forth. I'll use a feature called word wrap. I like this feature. I think it makes my code more readable, I don't have to scroll horizontally anymore. I'll still have to scroll vertically, but not horizontally. Before I show you that feature, let's look at what happens in this XML file. I have the same issue here with the text that's between these two tags. I can't see the end of that line of text, and I can't see this long comment here in my C# file. I'm looking for the all languages general section, and I'll turn on word wrap…

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