vi and columns

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From: John Spence
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 19:52

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I do not know is vi is the editor to do this task in or not, but I would
like to know if it can be done in vi.

I would like to change a column position to a character string in a
range of columns. For example, I would like to change column 63 in 
lines 40 through 55 to the string "foobar". In a sense, this would be
a insert command rather than a substitution command.
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jspence@cmptrc.lonestar.org                                (214) 235-7161 x4100
John E. Spence                                                  CompuTrac, Inc.
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From: jspence@cmptrc.lonestar.org (John Spence)
Subject: vi and columns
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 19:52:56 GMT
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