>>I realize this is a minor thing, but I don't want niggling annoyances (like Microsquishy assuming I'm a complete idiot, when the truth is I'm only a partial idiot) souring me on 7.0. Hence, any assistance would be appreciated, as well as any wisdom regarding the 2.6 -> 7.0 conversion.
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>... and why does VFP always assume I want to MODIFY FILE with text wrap ON ?!
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>MS should take a page from their own "UI Guidelines".

Gerry, under Tools menu - Options - goto to the IDE tab. Under Specify File/Window choose Type = Text File. Then you can switch off the Word Wrap checkbox on the right side under Appearance and Behaviour.