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#### Controlling Format-Wide Display with Column

With the **Format-Wide** cmdlet, you can only display a single property at a time. This makes it useful for displaying simple lists that show only one element per line. To get a simple listing, set the value of the **Column** parameter to 1 by typing:
With the `Format-Wide` cmdlet, you can only display a single property at a time.
This makes it useful for displaying simple lists that show only one element per line.
To get a simple listing, set the value of the **Column** parameter to 1 by typing:

```powershell
Get-Command Format-Wide -Property Name -Column 1
Get-Command -Verb Format | Format-Wide -Property Noun -Column 1
```

```output
Custom
Hex
List
Table
Wide
```

### Using Format-List for a List View
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