Automatically formats any methods that are viewed in the standard
browsers using the formatting options set by the user. It does not create
new editions of any code. This provides a nice way to view any code in the
system using your personal formatting preferences.

This option can be set via the "VA
Assist | Code Viewing" options page.
Note that VA Assist also allows you to define your own custom
code formatter and use that one rather than the default VA Java code
formatter.