Specify preferences for how formatting changes the code in the Data Division.
You change these preferences from
Tools > Options > Text Editor > Micro Focus COBOL > Code Style > Formatting > Data Division.
- Indent top level items
- Specify the indent for the top level group items relative to the start of the code area.
- Indent child level items
- Specify the indent for child items relative to the column where the parent item starts.
- Indent data item names
- Specify the indent of the data item names relative to the start of the level number in the declaration.
- Align data item clauses
- Specify how data item clauses should be aligned:
- Fixed - specify the column in which the data item clause should start.
- Match siblings - align sibling data item clauses.