Subtitle Edit has lost my formatting

[loninappleton]

I'm doing an editing job using Subtitle Edit. I must have hit some wrong key and all the formatting is lost.
Retrieving from a backup, it looks like the setting in Subtitle Edit is altered. What caused this? You can see where all the
dialog lines are now the same color. If there is an "Undo" or something I don't know how to fix it.

If I retrieve a previous Save and -- what? reinstall the program? What's the remedy? How do these things happen just
changing dialog?

I'll show a screen shot...

I can't continue until this is repaired.

[loninappleton]

I see an error finally. The line length is 865 or something! How do I return it to normal? I'll try a fix on my own
but I thought these line lengths were stored in program settings, not something you can screw up accidentally...
There was no 'Undo" for this that I've seen.

[johns0]

Just load the original subtitle and see if it clears any errors.

[loninappleton]

I moved the whole work folder to my second PC. That should have given a different program copy to look at but the long line error remains.
I did a quick google search which gave Settings > General > Max line length at 43. Not 136. I don't know where Subtitle edit shows this.
I also used that Gener screen to go back to defaullts. It's still not fixed.

On my backup copy, No alternative but to try a re-install until some answer is given here. It's problably simple. But it's confounding me to fix.

[jagabo]

Maybe:

Tools -> Break/Split Long Lines -> Single Line Maximum Length -> N

or:

Options -> Settings -> General -> Single Line Max Length -> N

[locotus]

Try to recover through file>recover autobackup. You may find there some back-ups of your spoiled file.

[johns0]

Go to options and that's where you will find settings.

[loninappleton]

I will do what you say.
But how did the error occur and why can't I trace it? Or have an Undo? I don't recall saving after that
error happened.

Like I said, the max line length thing in the General tab is 43 whateves and unchanged.

As a fallback I installed an old version from March on a backup PC and loaded yesterdays work. That seems ok.

I am still reading replies. Thanks for prompt response.

[loninappleton]

The File Restore Auto backup may have done the job. I had no clue such a feature was in there.

How the problem happened where the Options > Settings > General > max line settings were not altered is a mystery. Also I noted that these long line errors could be seen in different lines with different values.
Is there some command key I hit by accident?

Anyway I'll come back to this tomorrow.

[jagabo]

Each profile has its own max line length setting. Maybe you accidentally switched profiles?

[loninappleton]

I have never set a profile other than the default. My knowledge of advanced features is pretty much nil.

The only background I can give is that when I do an exact word subtitle edit I use a PDF alongside from
the classic text. Flipping back and forth between the two is the only thing I could point to. And that having
some keystroke interference once again from hot keys or something. If I have the error again, I'll try to
watch more closely.

Lastly since these very high line number counts are even possible, can the undo feature be programmed
for it in any program updates? Or an error message. Or both.