how do is set wrap for _reading_ a file that was already edited before

opening an existing file that have lines longer than the screen width, how do
i format the file for easy reading.

i think that the options 'textwidth' and 'wrapmargin' are effective only
while editing the file and adding _new_ lines...not for existing lines which
will not change whatever value you assign to those options.Am I right?

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