10. Using Report-Writer : Report Setup and Format : Automatic Determination of Default Settings : How Default Page Width Is Determined
 
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How Default Page Width Is Determined
For default reports—that is, a report based on a table, as in the command, report mydb tblname—the page width default is 80 characters if the report is displayed on the screen, or 132 characters if the report is written to a file or sent to the printer. You can override the default with the .pagewidth statement.