had been formatting

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of format.
  format

  noun

  the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves.

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